Performative Criticism: Experiments in Reader Response - Gerry Brenner
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In these inventive and genre-bending critical essays, Gerry Brenner provides fresh interpretations of classic literary works by empowering significant characters to represent themselves as legitimate readers with strong responses. Through imaginary interviews, letters, dialogues of the dead," a revised ending, and a training report, he gives voice to characters from the biblical Book of Ruth, "Sir Gawain an ... Full description
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In these inventive and genre-bending critical essays, Gerry Brenner provides fresh interpretations of classic literary works by empowering significant characters to represent themselves as legitimate readers with strong responses. Through imaginary interviews, letters, dialogues of the dead," a revised ending, and a training report, he gives voice to characters from the biblical Book of Ruth, "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, The Maltese Falcon, and others. Instead of asking readers to read "his Interpretation of a text (Le, a critic's interpretation "from the outside), Brenner asks them to read a character's or historical or imagined person's interpretation (a reader-response interpretation "from the inside). Challenging the long-dominant depersonalization of literary criticism, Brenner enlivens the affeZ1, value, and significance of scholarly and critical writing.
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| Author | Gerry Brenner |
|---|---|
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Release year | 2004 |
| Cover type | Softcover |
| EAN | 9780791459447 |