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Article: Reading Arne Garborg's Irony.(Critical Essay)
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- Scandinavian Studies
- Article date:
- March 22, 2000
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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 workings of the author's sub-consciousness. With the advent of post-structuralist thought, however, the critical emphasis shifted from reaching what E.D. Hirsch, Jr. has termed valid interpretation ...