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Publication details [#45784]

Bollobás, Enikő. 2007. Performing texts/performing readings: A pragmatic understanding of the revisionist interpretation of American literature. Journal of Pragmatics 39 (12) : 2332–2344.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

interpretation | literature | pragmatic interpretation

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

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Annotation

The performative has become a generative concept in the study of literature. As a This paper argues that a pragmatic understanding of reading can help to account for recent revisionist interpretations of the American literature canon.