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Basic Cencepts
perspecLive of conLexCual facÉors has been extremely imporLanC
in LhaL Lhey have opened Lhe way for research inÉegraLing
differenC fields. From LLe poinÉ of view of Lhe presenÉ Chesis,
ohe consideraCion of liLeraLure as a discourse phenomenon 15
crucial, as iC allows for inLerpreLaLion aL differenC
processing leveis which include buÉ also go beyond Che LexÉ
iLself. In Che following secCions 1 will discuss specific
issues relaCed to Lhe noLion of literature as discourse.
1.4. The importance of the reader: literature as interaction
As explained in the previous secLion, a discourse approach
Co liCerariness requires Lhe consideration of semantic and
pragnaLic aspecÉs in addiCion Co Che formal feaCures of Che
CexÉ iCself. However, as Cook (1994: 44) points ouL, discourse
and pragmaCic Cheories focus on Che significance of conÉexC
from a social perspecLive and on inference procedures, and,
consequenLly, show liCCle interesC in Lhe part Lhat Che reader
Cakes in Che process of communication. An interesÉ in Lhe
reader as acCive parLicipant in Che reading process has
developed in linguisCic theory parLicularly with the emergence
of dynamic approaches to texÉ processing.
1.4.1. Sahena theory approaches to reading
The conCribution of schema Cheory Lo theories of
liLerariness will be discussed more in deCail in chapter 4, buÉ
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