Towards a Theory of the Closed Text. Eveline by James Joyce Cover Image

Pentru o teorie a textului închis. Eveline de James Joyce
Towards a Theory of the Closed Text. Eveline by James Joyce

Author(s): Gianina ROMAN
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: poetics; sign; closed / open text; structure; Joyce

Summary/Abstract: The article sets out to debate the ongoing subject of the open / closed text theory in the context of a short story written by James Joyce (Eveline). Setting the frame by revisiting different theoretical debates of some of the outstanding theoreticians of the 20th century (Derrida, Kristeva, Eco, Barthes etc.) in the field of linguistics and literature, the author analyses Joyce’s text in order t prove her thesis: the reader is never free to interpret the text as a sign he perceives, but manipulated, seduced, led towards a definite meaning.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 07
  • Page Range: 465-462
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian