Paratexts - Thresholds of Interpretation

Klappentext In 'Paratexts! ' an English translation of 'Seuils! ' Gerard Genette shows how the special pragmatic status of paratextual declarations requires a carefully calibrated analysis of their illocutionary force. Zusammenfassung Genette shows how paratexts - titles! forewords! publishers' blurbs - shape both individual readings and literature as cultural institution. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword; Translator's note; 1. Introduction; 2. The publisher's peritext; 3. The name of the author; 4. Titles; 5. The please-insert; 6. Dedications and inscriptions; 7. Epigraphs; 8. The prefatorial situation of communication; 9. The functions of the original preface; 10. Other prefaces, other functions; 11. Intertitles; 12. Notes; 13. The public epitext; 14. The private epitext; 15. Conclusion; Additional references; Index.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Gerard Genette
• Collaboration: Jane E. Lewin (Traduction)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 13.03.1997
• EAN: 9780521424066
• ISBN: 978-0-521-42406-6
• Pages: 456
• Thème: Literature, Culture, Theory
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée