The reader for Wolfgang Iser and Maurice Blanchot
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Universidad Industrial de Santander
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El lector es participante (o activo) durante el proceso de lectura. Esto lo demuestran la teoría del efecto estético propuesta por Wolfgang Iser en su libro capital El acto de leer y Maurice Blanchot en El espacio literario quien destina numerosas reflexiones en torno al lector, aunque su postura pueda ser confundida con una suerte de esencialismo. Este artículo explora las íntimas relaciones entre los postulados de ambos pensadores, a pesar de que pertenecen a ámbitos distintos y sus teorías se inscriben en diferentes contextos. De ahí que se examinen diversos términos comunes a la luz de sus semejanzas: la figura del círculo a la hora de leer, retomada de Heidegger, “el punto de vista móvil” iseriano en relación con la “soledad esencial” de Blanchot, las imágenes y las representaciones y el concepto de negatividad. Todas estas correlaciones permiten atender las teorías de estos autores como postulados dinámicos de la reflexión en torno al complejo problema del lector en el ámbito tanto de los estudios literarios como filosóficos.
The reader is an active participant in the reading process. This demonstrates the aesthetic effect theory proposed by Wolfgang Iser in his major book The Act of Reading. Maurice Blanchot also intended numerous reflections on the reader in The Space of Literature, but its position can be confused with a kind of essentialism. This article explores the intimate relationships between the postulates of both thinkers, although belong to different fields and their theories are enrolled in distinct contexts. Hence it is exploring various terms in common in the light of the similarities between: the figure of the circle when reading, taken from Heidegger, and Iser’s “mobile point of view” regarding the “essential solitude” of Blanchot, images and representations and the concept of negativity. All these correlations make us attend to the theories of these writers as dynamic postulates that do not close the reflection around the complex problem of the reader at both of the literary studies and philosophy.
The reader is an active participant in the reading process. This demonstrates the aesthetic effect theory proposed by Wolfgang Iser in his major book The Act of Reading. Maurice Blanchot also intended numerous reflections on the reader in The Space of Literature, but its position can be confused with a kind of essentialism. This article explores the intimate relationships between the postulates of both thinkers, although belong to different fields and their theories are enrolled in distinct contexts. Hence it is exploring various terms in common in the light of the similarities between: the figure of the circle when reading, taken from Heidegger, and Iser’s “mobile point of view” regarding the “essential solitude” of Blanchot, images and representations and the concept of negativity. All these correlations make us attend to the theories of these writers as dynamic postulates that do not close the reflection around the complex problem of the reader at both of the literary studies and philosophy.
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lector, Blanchot, teoría del efecto estético, Heidegger, Husserl, reader, Blanchot, theory of aesthetic effect, Heidegger, Husserl