The role of the reader : Explorations in the semiotics of texts

This collection of nine essays focuses on the role of the reader in textual interpretation. The essays propose a dialectic between "open" and "closed" texts, between a work of art that actively involves the reader in its production and one that holds the reader at bay and seeks t...

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Main Author: Eco, Umberto
Format: Book
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Published: Bloomington Indiana University Press 1979
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Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ
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Summary:This collection of nine essays focuses on the role of the reader in textual interpretation. The essays propose a dialectic between "open" and "closed" texts, between a work of art that actively involves the reader in its production and one that holds the reader at bay and seeks to evoke a limited and predetermained response.