Reading as a Little Child: On the Model Reader of the Gospels
Introduced by Umberto Eco, the semiotic concept of the ‘model reader’ refers to an ideal reader that the literary text anticipates and tries to create. Although a set of strategies and instructions in the text, each model reader hooks onto a particular moment in time and space; reading is a social a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2004
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Literature and theology
Year: 2004, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 139-152 |
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| Summary: | Introduced by Umberto Eco, the semiotic concept of the ‘model reader’ refers to an ideal reader that the literary text anticipates and tries to create. Although a set of strategies and instructions in the text, each model reader hooks onto a particular moment in time and space; reading is a social act that requires adaptation to the language and culture of a particular community. Consequently—and this is the point of this paper—literary and historical approaches are equally indispensable, if we are to read the Early Christian gospels as their model readers would. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/18.2.139 |