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Shuvadip Das posted an Question
June 03, 2020 • 22:34 pm 30 points
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In which text of bathes' concept , writerly and readerly, the reader's position as a subject?

In which text of Bathes' concept , Writerly and Readerly, the reader's position as a subject?

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    Deb dulal halder Halder

    we have discussed this earlier. any problem you still have with this ??

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    Deb dulal halder Halder Best Answer

    The "readerly" and the "writerly" texts were identified and explained in Barthes' S/Z. Barthes argues that "writerly" texts are more important than "readerly" ones because he sees the text's unity as forever being re-established by its composition, the codes that form and constantly slide around within the text. The reader of a readerly text is largely passive, whereas the person who engages with a writerly text has to make an active effort, and even to re-enact the actions of the writer himself. The different codes (hermeneutic, action, symbolic, semic, and historical) that Barthes defines in S/Z inform and reinforce one another, making for an open text that is indeterminant precisely because it can always be written anew. As a consequence, although one may experience pleasure in the readerly text, it is when one sees the text from the writerly point of view that the experience is blissful.

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