The critical introduction to this collection of short fiction argues that writing is reading and that reading is writing. The argument draws descriptions of writing as reading from such diverse sources as Sherwood Anderson, Roland Barthes, Neil Simon, J. Hillis Miller and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, as well as from the author's own experience. Descriptions of reading from phenomenological and subjective criticism, including the theories of Georges Poulet, Wolfgang Iser, Stanley Fish and David Bleich, affirm the creative role of the reader, show that the reader, in fact, writes the text in the process of reading. The introduction concludes that reader, writer and text are all constructs of language, that both reading and writing are, ultimately and primarily, thought.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500600 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Barringer, Bobby D. (Bobby Dewayne) |
| Contributors | Rodman, Barbara Ann, Cairns, Scott, May, Brian |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 153 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Barringer, Bobby D. (Bobby Dewayne), Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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