essays on readers, texts, and contexts Flynn, Elizabeth A. Additional Author Schweickart, Patrocinio P. Additional Author mixed material bibliography Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press c1986 monographic en English

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xxx, 306 p. ; 25 cm. If reading constitutes an active process of producing meaning, as many theorists contend, what impact does gender have on that process? In twelve essays, specialists in literature and psychology explre the many dimensions of this question. The result is a highly provocative encounter between feminist and reader-response criticsm, an articulation provising significant insights for both fields. Gender and Reading comprises three interdependent sections. The first presents the central theoretical issues: gender as a factor in perception, gender as an incription in both text and reader, and sexual orientation as a source of identity in a female reader's interaction with a text. The second section focuses on particualr literary works, written by both men and women and representing various historical periods from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Finally, the book examines the significance of gender in the actual reading behavior. These chapters include descriptions of reasearch among different types and groupd of readers. As the first book-length study of the relationship between gender and reading, this volume makes substantial contributions to women's studies and literary theory. Its unique synthesis enlarges the scope and critical power of both reader-response and feminist thought. Women Sex role in literature Women in literature Reader-response criticism Feminism and literature 028.90880801829054(alk.pap Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 028.9088 Fly g E06001458 Non Fiction 028.9088 Fly g 61Xp1PgxMkL._SY425_.jpg 191 1985-05-24 00:00:00 2024-08-15 17:19:49 machine generated