The focus of this study is provided by the concept of authorship and its significance for the interpretation of literary texts. After reviewing various, at times controversial, conceptions of author and authorship, the study develops the thesis that the concept of author performs a decisive function in the historical positioning of a literary work, and that the recourse to the author is necessary whenever the conformity of literary texts to a norm plays a role in the hermeneutic process.
Language
German
Pages
556
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Release
November 20, 2007
ISBN
3110192721
ISBN 13
9783110192728
Autorschaft Und Interpretation: Methodische Grundlagen Einer Philologischen Hermeneutik
The focus of this study is provided by the concept of authorship and its significance for the interpretation of literary texts. After reviewing various, at times controversial, conceptions of author and authorship, the study develops the thesis that the concept of author performs a decisive function in the historical positioning of a literary work, and that the recourse to the author is necessary whenever the conformity of literary texts to a norm plays a role in the hermeneutic process.