Ways and non-ways in search of the author's and the reader's places: an intertextual view of the play Pygmalion

Authors

  • Elane Kreile Manhães Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ
  • Analice de Oliveira Martins Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/1809-2667.20140029

Keywords:

Pygmalion, Reader, Authorship

Abstract

With a closer look at the play Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw, this paper proposes an analysis of the concept of authorship and participation of the reader in the processes of resignification of the work. On one hand, the author is no longer the only entity in the attempt of finding an explanation for the work as the result of the interaction of cultures and readings which makeup their development. On the other hand, the text chosen as study object of this project shows that texts involve openness to a variety of update alternatives by the reader, not being, therefore, the exclusive owner of its meanings.

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Author Biographies

  • Elane Kreile Manhães, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ
    Professora do Instituto Federal Fluminense e mestranda em Cognição e Linguagem pela Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (Uenf), Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil. E-mail: ekreilem@gmail.com.
  • Analice de Oliveira Martins, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ
    Doutora em Estudos de Literatura pela PUC-RIO. Professora dos programas de pós-graduação lato sensu “Literatura, memória cultural e sociedade” do Instituto Federal Fluminense câmpus Campos-Centro e stricto sensu “Cognição e Linguagem” da Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (Uenf), Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brasil. E-mail: analice.martins@terra.com.br.

Published

07-05-2015

Issue

Section

Original articles

How to Cite

MANHÃES, Elane Kreile; MARTINS, Analice de Oliveira. Ways and non-ways in search of the author’s and the reader’s places: an intertextual view of the play Pygmalion. Revista Vértices, [S. l.], v. 16, n. 3, p. 23–33, 2015. DOI: 10.5935/1809-2667.20140029. Disponível em: https://editoraessentia.iff.edu.br/index.php/vertices/article/view/1809-2667.20140029.. Acesso em: 11 may. 2024.