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The reader's quest : reading and the constitution of meaning in five novels

In this thesis, I attempt to show how the concept of reading as literary interpretation has been influenced by the insights of the psychoanalyst and theorist Jacques Lacan (1901-1981). Broadly speaking, I call for a revised view of the role of the reader and the act of reading in the light of argume...

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Main Author: Saville, Julia
Other Authors: Coetzee, John M
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of English Language and Literature 2016
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