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

Pol Vandevelde

ISBN 10: 0822958848 / ISBN 13: 9780822958840

Editore: University Of Pittsburgh Press Sep 2005, 2005

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Neuware - 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.

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• Titolo: The Task of the Interpreter : Text, Meaning, and Negotiation
• Editore: University Of Pittsburgh Press Sep 2005
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0822958848
• ISBN 13: 9780822958840
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 227 L x 154 A x 18 P (millimetri) 227 millimetri di larghezza per 154 millimetri di altezza per 18 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 367 grammi

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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.

Informazioni sull?autore

Pol Vandevelde is associate professor of philosophy at Marquette University. He is the author of Être et discours. La question du langage dans l’itinéraire de Heidegger (1927–1938).