Interpretation as Pragmatics

by Jean-Jacques Lecercle

Book Overview

Does interpretation have anything to do with truth? This new theory of interpretation denies this, yet it argues that some interpretations are false and some are just. These theses are justified through a pragmatic model of interpretation as a language-game involving five participants: an author, a text, a reader, a language, and an encyclopedia. The model claims to provide an account of both literary interpretation and face-to-face dialogue. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312221525
• ISBN13: 9780312221522
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"