The Task of the Interpreter: Text, Meaning, and Negotiation

ISBN-13: 9780822958840 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 256 str.

Pol Vandevelde

Opis

The Task of the Interpreter offers a new approach to what it means to interpret a text, and reconciles the possibility of multiple interpretations with the need to consider the author s intention. Vandevelde argues that interpretation is both an act and an event: It is an act in that interpreters, through the statements they make, implicitly commit themselves to justifying their positions, if prompted. It is an event in that interpreters are situated in a cultural and historical framework and come to a text with questions, concerns, and methods of which they are not fully conscious. These two aspects make interpretation a negotiation of meaning. The Task of the Interpreter provides an interdisciplinary investigation of textual interpretation including biblical hermeneutics (Gregory the Great s Homilies on Ezekiel), translation (Homer s The Odyssey), and literary fictions (Grass s Dog Years and Sabato s On Heroes and Tombs). Vandevelde s philosophical discussion will appeal to theorists of both continental and analytical/pragmatic traditions."