Ways and non-ways in search of the author's and the reader's places: an intertextual view of the play Pygmalion

<p>With a closer look at the play Pygmalion byBernard Shaw, this paper proposes an analysisof the concept of authorship and participationof the reader in the processes of resignificationof the work. On one hand, the author is nolonger the only entity in the attempt of findingan explanation for...

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Main Authors: Elane Kreile Manhães, Analice de Oliveira Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Essentia Editora IFFluminense 2015-05-01
Series:Vértices
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Online Access:http://essentiaeditora.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/4699
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description <p>With a closer look at the play Pygmalion byBernard Shaw, this paper proposes an analysisof the concept of authorship and participationof the reader in the processes of resignificationof the work. On one hand, the author is nolonger the only entity in the attempt of findingan explanation for the work as the result of theinteraction of cultures and readings which makeup their development. On the other hand, thetext chosen as study object of this project showsthat texts involve openness to a variety of updatealternatives by the reader, not being, therefore,the exclusive owner of its meanings.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-e77c359e0116439b990fcc7912cd10982022-12-21T20:01:19ZengEssentia Editora IFFluminenseVértices1415-28431809-26672015-05-01163233310.5935/1809-2667.201400295065Ways and non-ways in search of the author's and the reader's places: an intertextual view of the play PygmalionElane Kreile Manhães0Analice de Oliveira Martins1Instituto Federal Fluminense e Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy RibeiroInstituto Federal Fluminense e Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro<p>With a closer look at the play Pygmalion byBernard Shaw, this paper proposes an analysisof the concept of authorship and participationof the reader in the processes of resignificationof the work. On one hand, the author is nolonger the only entity in the attempt of findingan explanation for the work as the result of theinteraction of cultures and readings which makeup their development. On the other hand, thetext chosen as study object of this project showsthat texts involve openness to a variety of updatealternatives by the reader, not being, therefore,the exclusive owner of its meanings.</p>http://essentiaeditora.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/4699Pygmalion. Reader. Authorship
spellingShingle Elane Kreile Manhães
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Ways and non-ways in search of the author's and the reader's places: an intertextual view of the play Pygmalion
Vértices
Pygmalion. Reader. Authorship
title Ways and non-ways in search of the author's and the reader's places: an intertextual view of the play Pygmalion
title_full Ways and non-ways in search of the author's and the reader's places: an intertextual view of the play Pygmalion
title_fullStr Ways and non-ways in search of the author's and the reader's places: an intertextual view of the play Pygmalion
title_full_unstemmed Ways and non-ways in search of the author's and the reader's places: an intertextual view of the play Pygmalion
title_short Ways and non-ways in search of the author's and the reader's places: an intertextual view of the play Pygmalion
title_sort ways and non ways in search of the author s and the reader s places an intertextual view of the play pygmalion
topic Pygmalion. Reader. Authorship
url http://essentiaeditora.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/4699
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