THE ACT OF READING THOREAU’S WALDEN
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https://doi.org/10.17851/1982-0739.8..21-28Palavras-chave:
Henry David Thoreau, Wolfgang Iser, reader-response theory, textual strategiesResumo
This essay investigates Henry David Thoreau’s Walden from the perspective of Wolfgang Iser’s theory of reader-response. The present analysis demonstrates the presence of negations and blanks, and detects strategies that leadthe reader to respond by assembling meanings, constructing images, identifying metaphors, and participating in some of the narrator’s transcendental experiences.Downloads
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ISER, Wolfgang. The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1981.
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