4. Configurative Reading
Professor Paul Fry elaborates on the hermeneutic theories of Gadamer and Hirsch, exploring the distinction between textual meaning and readerly significance. The lecture then analyzes Wolfgang Iser's concept of textual expectation and surprise within the reading process, concluding with a discussion on hermeneutic premises in canon formation.
Introduction to Theory of Literature (ENGL 300)
The discussion of Gadamer and Hirsch continues in this lecture, which further examines the relationship between reading and interpretation. Through a comparative analysis of these theorists, Professor Paul Fry explores the difference between meaning and significance, the relationship between understanding and paraphrasing, and the nature of the gap between the reader and the text. Through Wolfgang Iser's essay, "The Reading Process," the nature of textual expectation and surprise, and the theory of their universal importance in narrative, is explained. The lecture concludes by considering the fundamental, inescapable role that hermeneutic premises play in canon formation.
3. Ways In and Out of the Hermeneutic Circle
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