O papel do leitor na construção de sentido do texto: uma análise dos contos “um som de trovão”, de Ray Bradbury e “a máscara da morte rubra”, de Edgar Allan Poe

Daniel Iturvides Dutra

doi:10.5433/2237-4876.2010v13n1p127

THE READER’S ROLE IN CREATING THE MEANING OF THE TEXT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SHORT STORIES “A SOUND OF THUNDER”, BY RAY BRADBURY AND “THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH”, BY EDGAR ALAN POE

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Daniel Iturvides Dutra

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https://doi.org/10.5433/2237-4876.2010v13n1p127

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Allegory, Reading, Intertextuality, Meaning.

Abstract

This paper aims at presenting an analysis on the reader’s role in creating the meaning and experience of a literary work. We will discuss how much the definition of a text depends on the reader’s role rather than on the autor’s intention, and how the distance between the reader and the text from different cultural backgrounds contributes to the process of creating meaning.

Author Biography

Daniel Iturvides Dutra

Daniel Iturvides Dutra é graduado em Letras/Licenciatura Plena em Língua Inglesa e Respectiva Literatura pela Universidade Católica de Pelotas. Possui Especialização em Letras pela Universidade Federal de Pelotas e Mestrado em Letras na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

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2010-06-10

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DUTRA, Daniel Iturvides. THE READER’S ROLE IN CREATING THE MEANING OF THE TEXT: AN ANALYSIS OF THE SHORT STORIES “A SOUND OF THUNDER”, BY RAY BRADBURY AND “THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH”, BY EDGAR ALAN POE. Signum: Estudos da Linguagem, [S. l.], v. 13, n. 1, p. 127–138, 2010. DOI: 10.5433/2237-4876.2010v13n1p127. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/signum/article/view/4798. Acesso em: 4 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 13 No. 1 (2010): Leitura: teoria, prática e educação de professores

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