Control is a central issue in any text: does the author's intention or the reader's interpretation better explain the resulting meaning of the text? This question has long been the subject of debate among textual theorists; this essay proposes a middle ground, namely that the author and the reader engage in a collaborative effort to make meaning in a text.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:csusb.edu/oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-project-3167 |
Date | 01 January 2003 |
Creators | Hartmann, Melissa Bakeman |
Publisher | CSUSB ScholarWorks |
Source Sets | California State University San Bernardino |
Detected Language | English |
Type | text |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | Theses Digitization Project |
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