Egy novella komplex megközelítése: szoros olvasás és kontextusteremtő értelmezés
| dc.contributor.author | Molnár, Gábor Tamás | |
| dc.date.issued | ||
| dc.description.abstract | This article offers an interpretation of the short story “Order of Insects” by the American writer William H. Gass. The interpretation is intended as a methodological demonstration of short story analysis, as it shows a way to develop a close textual analysis from a few guiding questions. The opening question is simultaneously generic and thematic, as readers are encouraged to trace the mental transformation of the narrator-protagonist throughout the text. The central ontological theme of the story is identified in the contrast between a mechanical, insect-like existence and an artistic, intellectually inclined mentality. Images and motifs deepening and complicating this dichotomy are explicated. These include the significance of different sensual impressions (hearing/noises vs. sight/vision) and various implications of the term order. In the conclusion, possible critical-theoretical contexts for interpretation are outlined: a potential feminist and a potential posthumanist reading are contrasted to an interpretation grounded in the author’s own view of literature as “ontologically transformed” language. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This article offers an interpretation of the short story “Order of Insects” by the American writer William H. Gass. The interpretation is intended as a methodological demonstration of short story analysis, as it shows a way to develop a close textual analysis from a few guiding questions. The opening question is simultaneously generic and thematic, as readers are encouraged to trace the mental transformation of the narrator-protagonist throughout the text. The central ontological theme of the story is identified in the contrast between a mechanical, insect-like existence and an artistic, intellectually inclined mentality. Images and motifs deepening and complicating this dichotomy are explicated. These include the significance of different sensual impressions (hearing/noises vs. sight/vision) and various implications of the term order. In the conclusion, possible critical-theoretical contexts for interpretation are outlined: a potential feminist and a potential posthumanist reading are contrasted to an interpretation grounded in the author’s own view of literature as “ontologically transformed” language. | hu |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Studia Litteraria, Évf. 58 szám 3-4 (2019): Műelemzések , 217–230. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.37415/studia/2019/58/7470 | |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 2063-1049 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0562-2867 | |
| dc.identifier.issue | 3-4 | |
| dc.identifier.jatitle | Stud.litt. | |
| dc.identifier.jtitle | Studia Litteraria | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2437/296047 | en |
| dc.identifier.volume | 58 | |
| dc.language | hu | |
| dc.relation | https://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/studia/article/view/7470 | |
| dc.rights.access | Open Access | |
| dc.rights.owner | Studia Litteraria | |
| dc.title | Egy novella komplex megközelítése: szoros olvasás és kontextusteremtő értelmezés | hu |
| dc.type | folyóiratcikk | hu |
| dc.type | article | en |
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