64 KB275 KB61 KB197820252011Vogrinčič, Anaštevilka:2letnik:34str. 77-88,219-230ISSN:0351-1189COBISSID:46536546URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-N2X62OCHenslSlovensko društvo za primerjalno književnostPrimerjalna književnost"Pamela"18.st.angleška književnostbralna kulturaLiterarne študijenovelRichardson, Samuel, 1689-1761romanzgodovina branjaMaterialnost branja| Materiality of reading| primer bralcev romanov v Angliji 18. stoletja in pogled v sodobnost| the case of 18th-century novel readers in England, and a glimpse into the present|Despite the physical materiality of books and reading often being neglected in the literary studies, the history of book practices repeatedly draws our attention to the significance of the non-textual aspects of the literary experience. In my contribution I will present various dimensions of the materiality of reading, which were already evident when novel reading became a popular and relatively wide-spread leisure practice, i.e., in 18th-century England. Using examples, notably the notorious bestselling Richardson's Pamela, I will try to show that novel reading could not emerge and proliferate without certain material dimensions of the novel and novel reading, or without the ways in which what was read was articulated, i.e., "externalised" through conversation, domestic performances of selected episodes, discussions in book clubs, societies and libraries, and in particular through re-enactment of fictional characters in other leisure and social activities. I will conclude by reflecting on contemporary versions of the "externalisation" of reading, and on the evidently increased interest for the materiality of books, which seems to be one of the side-effects of the recent metamorphosis of book formatsČeprav je fizična materialnost knjig in branja v študijih literature praviloma zapostavljena, nas zgodovina knjižnih praks vedno znova opozarja na pomen zunajbesedilnega v literarnem doživetju. Predstavila bom različne dimenzije materialnosti branja, ki so izrazite že v času, ko branje romana postane priljubljena in razmeroma razširjena prostočasna praksa, tj. v Angliji 18. stoletja. S primeri, predvsem s slovito uspešnico Samuela Richardsona Pamela, bom poskusila pokazati, kako pomembno vlogo so v uveljavljanju branja romana odigrali na eni strani specifična predmetnost romana in specifike branja romana, na drugi pa načini, kako se je prebrano artikuliralo oziroma "povnanjilo" v pogovorih, uprizoritvah odlomkov, prek razprav v bralnih klubih, društvih in knjižnicah, predvsem pa z oživljanjem junakov skozi druge prostočasne aktivnosti in družabne dejavnosti. Sklenila bom s premislekom o sodobnih različicah "povnanjanja" branja in o opazno povečanem zanimanju za predmetno plat knjig, ki očitno spremlja aktualne metamorfoze knjižnih nosilcevTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaSlovensko društvo za primerjalno književnost