Role of the Reader: Explorations in the Semiotics of Texts (Advances in Semiotics) - Hardcover

Book 2 of 9: Advances in Semiotic

Eco, Umberto

 
9780253111395: Role of the Reader: Explorations in the Semiotics of Texts (Advances in Semiotics)
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ISBN 10: 0253111390 ISBN 13: 9780253111395
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1979

Synopsis

... not merely interesting and novel, but also exceedingly provocative and heuristically fertile." ―The Review of Metaphysics

... essential reading for anyone interesting in... the new reader-centered forms of criticism." ―Library Journal

In this erudite and imaginative book, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between ‘open’ and ‘closed’ texts.

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In this collection of nine essays, Umberto Eco sets forth a dialectic between 'open' and 'closed' texts, between a work of art that actively involves the 'addressee' in its production and one that holds the 'addressee' at bay and seeks to evoke a limited and predetermined response. He investigates the contributions of contemporary semantics to the study of narrative, and connects the modalities of textual interpretation with the problem of possible worlds.

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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Publication date
1979
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0253111390
ISBN 13 
9780253111395
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
288

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