Reader in the author's consciousness: the problem of monologue and polyphonic consciousness Cover Image

Читатель в сознании автора: проблема монологического и полифонического сознания
Reader in the author's consciousness: the problem of monologue and polyphonic consciousness

Author(s): Aleksandr Feduta
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Aesthetics, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Psychology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: author and reader; author's consciousness; readers' perceptions; ethical and aesthetic experience;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the typological "author and reader" relations during their period of development from classicism to romanticism, describing the author's intentions in relation to the reader in relation to various readers' perceptions. The author consciousness is explored as "monologue" and "polyphonic". It is established that in the first case the author refuses principally the dialogue with the reader, demanding that the author fully trust and refuse to consider his authority. In the second case, the author acknowledges the equality of both his and the reader's ethical and aesthetic experience and, therefore, engages in dialogue with him at the same level as hears the "voices of the various readership groups" and responds to them in his own text.

  • Issue Year: 47/2005
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 64-70
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Russian