Limits to interpretation : the meanings of Anna Karenina
In this text, Vladimir E. Alexandrov advocates a broad revision of the academic study of literature and proposes an adaptive, text-specific reading methodology that is designed to minimize the circularity of interpretation inherent in the act of reading.
Print Book, English, ©2004
University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wis., ©2004
xiv, 353 pages ; 24 cm
9780299195403, 0299195406
53170151
An ethical argument for recognizing textual alterity
A psychological argument for recognizing textual alterity
Alterity and semiotics
Jakobson's "metalingual function" and alterity
Hermeneutic indices, or, Guides to textual alterity
From theory to practice
Early signals
Reading readings, and art about art
Art and metaphysics
The formal implications of the novel's conception of art
The problem of language
Absolutism : claims about universal truth and morality
Relativity : characters as arbiters of meaning and value
Self and others
The inner voice and conscience
Essentialism
Fate
Literary form, fate, freedom, chance