The reading experiece and the practices of everyday life (form affirmation to contestation) Cover Image

Doświadczenie lektury wobec praktyk codzienności (od afirmacji do kontestacji)
The reading experiece and the practices of everyday life (form affirmation to contestation)

Author(s): Jakub Skurtys
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Michel de Certeau;

Summary/Abstract: The author considers the idea of a reader, which he borrows from the sociological theory of everyday by Michel de Certeau. He dissociates himself from the majority of structur-alist and communication approaches, considering them to be too oppressive, using the "reader" dominated by textocentric vision of work. Aside from a specific reader or a readership, the author presents the "regular reader" from the writings of the French sociologist as an empty and utopian figure, but thanks to his/her indeterminate nature and anarchic freedom capable of eluding classic sociological and literary depictions. Then, he juxtaposes such figure with the idea of biopolitical (immaterial) labour by M. Hardt and A. Negri, presenting reading practice as an important part of social activities of an emancipatory character.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 109-121
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish