Figures of the Text: Reading and writing (in) La FontaineThe works of Jean de La Fontaine have invited an extraordinary variety of readings in the three centuries since their composition. By engaging selected fables and tales with contemporary notions of intertextuality, reader reception theory, and grammatology, Figures of the Text raises questions about what reading La Fontaine meant in the 17th century, and what it means today. The study integrates a theory of reading and a theory of textual production by drawing attention to those aspects of the text that figure writing and reading, for instance: scenes of reading; other modes of writing (emblems, hieroglyphics); inscriptions and epitaphs; proper names; and citation (proverbs, maxims, allusions); the relation of represented orality to textuality, of textuality to corporeality, and of textuality to the visual arts (ekphrasis); and the archaeology of textual figures, such as labyrinths, textiles, and veils. |
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Contents
| 1 | |
Representations of Writing | 11 |
Citation and the Scene of Reading | 21 |
The Intertextual Corpus | 41 |
Textuality and Sexuality | 55 |
Oral Performance and the Written Text | 65 |
6 Description Representation and Interpretation | 81 |
7 Reading through the Veil | 91 |
Conclusion | 109 |
Notes | 115 |
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| Title | Figures of the Text: Reading and writing (in) La Fontaine Volume 39 of Purdue University Monographs in Romance Languages |
| Author | Michael Vincent |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing, 1992 |
| ISBN | 9027277338, 9789027277336 |
| Length | 154 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Criticism / General |
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