Roles of Interpretation in Wolfgang Iser’s Theory of Reading and Systematic Poetics

Autori

  • Samuli Björninen University of Tampere

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2037-2426/8369

Parole chiave:

poetics, phenomenology, hermeneutics, metahermeneutics

Abstract

On first glance, Wolfgang Iser seems to share little ground with pioneers of poetics like Tzvetan Todorov and Benjamin Harshav, who explicitly excluded interpretation from the province of poetics. Indeed, if Iser has any connection with poetics, and this article argues that he does, it is via the critical fringes of poetics, where excluding interpretation from systematic study of literature was never seen as an option one could choose. Although poetics versus hermeneutics was one of the major theoretical themes of the late 1970’s, Iser is better understood in the context of critical thought aiming to avoid the strict opposition between the two. Delving in turn into Iser’s theory, his analytical practice, and theory of poetics, this essay points out several points where dialogue between Iser’s work and the endeavor of systematic poetics can be productive.

Biografia autore

Samuli Björninen, University of Tampere

Doctoral student, Comparative Literature

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Pubblicato

27-06-2017

Come citare

Björninen, S. (2017). Roles of Interpretation in Wolfgang Iser’s Theory of Reading and Systematic Poetics. ENTHYMEMA, (18), 136–149. https://doi.org/10.13130/2037-2426/8369

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Sezione

Hermeneutic matters
Ricevuto 2017-05-03
Accettato 2017-06-24
Pubblicato 2017-06-27