Allan:
> You're missing my point, Juri. When a character
tells a story is not the
same as the author telling a
> story. Any apparent 'social assumptions' are those
of the character. That
much you can say. To
> make the claim that they are also those of the
author may or may not be true
but I don't see how a > reader can tell simply from the
text.
This might collapse into a discussion of semantics, but I
should say that reader can tell the social assumptions simply
because he reads the text. The results may vary, but the text
itself guides the way. But you're right - there are various
factors in a story and narration.
I've understood that literary studies is veering back towards
the new critique and understanding how a text works in itself
and that the postmodern attitude which you seem to represent
(sorry if I'm wrong here) is considered dated (i.e. that the
reader is the main source of meaning, not the text
itself).
Juri
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