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This thesis examines six non-academic reading groups based in the UK. It focuses on the ways in which literary texts are discussed, how aspects of reader and group identity come to bear on the discussion of texts, and how literary interpretation and evaluation becomes a collaborative product of group-work in this context. This study adopts an ethnographic approach to the reading groups: recording and observing their meetings, conducting group interviews, and considering resources used by the groups. For the most part, this study offers detailed analyses of transcripts from the groups' meetings and evaluating the book clubs as Communities of Practice. I conclude that reading in this context becomes a highly social activity, and that the readings and interpretations offered should be seen partially as products of over- arching group norms and turn-by-turn interaction between the readers.

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Bibliography: leaves 277-300. / viii, 300 leaves ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of English, 1995

Στόχος της παρούσας πτυχιακής εργασίας είναι να εξηγήσει το ρόλο που έχει σε ένα γραπτό κείμενο και στην κατανόησή του ο συγγραφέας, υπό ποιους όρους το κατανοεί ο αναγνώστης και κυρίως τη λειτουργία του ίδιου του γραπτού κειμένου στη διπλή σχέση του τόσο με τον συγγραφέα όσο και με τον αναγνώστη. Αφετηρία για τη μελέτη αυτή αποτελεί η σύγχρονη συζήτηση στη φιλολογία και τη θεωρία της λογοτεχνίας, σχετικά με την πρόθεση του συγγραφέα. Δύο κείμενα του Πλάτωνα, ο «Φαίδρος» και η «7η Επιστολή», θα βοηθήσουν να παρουσιαστεί πιο αναλυτικά το ζήτημα της κατανόησης. / The aim of this dissertation is to explain: a) the role of the author in a written text and in its understanding, b) under which circumstances the reader understand the written text and c) the function of the written text. Main point of this study is the contemporary discussion between philology and theory of literature, as far as the intention of the author is concerned. The analysis of two books of Plato, “Phaedrus” and “Seventh Letter”, will contribute to the presentation of the matter of understanding more extensively.