THE ARCH-METAPHOR OF READING
THE ARCH-METAPHOR OF READING
Author(s): Éva AntalSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: American New Criticism; metaphors of reading; Miller; Modern / Postmodern reading practices; the Man
Summary/Abstract: This paper is concerned with the modern and postmodern reading practices; more exactly, it deals with the close reading of the American New Criticism and the rhetorical-ethical readings in the Yale-deconstructors’, Paul de Man’s and J. H. Miller’s works. While comparing the main principles of these practices, special attention is paid to the recurrent (circular) metaphors used to display their similarities — and their differences as well.The paper is ’turning around’, is centred on the metaphor(s) of reading, and its circularity shows the curved path/course of the argumentation.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2005
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 239-246
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
