Reading Arne Garborg's Irony.(Critical Essay)

From: Scandinavian Studies | Date: March 22, 2000| Author: Sjavik, Jan | Copyright information

Bondestudentar, Trotte mond, Fred

One of the most important isometrics on the map of contemporary critical discourse is the line that separates those who honor authorial intention from those who do not. Traditionally, the author was thought of as a man (usually a man, anyway) speaking to other men, and understanding a literary work meant decoding the author's message, be that message placed consciously on the surface of the text or embedded in the sub-text through the wo...

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