Reading The Merchant of Venice in Light of Iser's Concepts of The Implied Reader and The Act of Reading, and Fish's Notion of Interpretive Communities
الملخص
The present study analyzes William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice in light of Wolfgang Iser's theories of reader-response, particularly his notions of the implied reader (1972) and the act of reading (1976), alongside Stanley Fish's concept of interpretive communities. By examining the play's characteristic obscurities, this research underscores the dynamic implication of the reader in determining meaning, chiefly with regard to the dominant subjects of mercy, justice, and morality. This paper also inspects how cultural and ideological circumstances affect the miscellaneous explanations presented by different interpretive communities, illuminating the active interaction between the text and its readers. Through this united theoretical framework, the analysis emphasizes the implication of The Merchant of Venice across different historical eras, demonstrating how the analyses of the play develop and echo diverse societal groups and cultural situations. Eventually, this examination accentuates the flexibility of meaning in literature and the vibrant role of the reader in the interpretive procedure.
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