University of Zagreb. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Department of Comparative literature.
Abstract
Rad se sastoji od dva dijela – teorijskoga i praktičnoga, a bavi se pitanjem: Kako čitatelji grade značenje u romanu Pedro Páramo? Teorijska podloga istraživanja zasnivala se na idejama Romana Ingardena, Hansa Roberta Jaussa, Wolfganga Isera i Stanleya Fisha, čije su osnovne pretpostavke iznesene u prvome dijelu rada. Drugi dio prikazuje metodologiju i rezultate provedenoga istraživanja. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 22 studenata, čiji je zadatak bio voditi bilješke tijekom čitanja romana. Rezultati su pokazali da se temeljne postavke, prije spomenutih teoretičara, zaista potvrđuju u praksi. Međutim, istraživanje je otvorilo i brojna druga pitanja, prvenstveno ona vezana uz način oblikovanja samoga istraživanja u znanosti o književnosti. U tome se smislu javlja dilema. S jedne strane, istraživanja se mogu okrenuti strogo empirijskom postupku te na taj način dati objektivne, ali ne nužno i cjelovite rezultate. S druge strane, odustajanje od strogog empirizma vodi prema potencijalnom subjektivizmuThesis consists of two parts – theoretical and practical. The main question of the thesis is: How readers make meaning while reading the novel Pedro Páramo? Theory is based on the ideas of Roman Ingarden, Hans Robert Jauss, Wolfgang Iser and Stanley Fish, whose basic assumptions are given in the first part of this thesis. The second part of the thesis demonstrates methodology and results of the current research. Study consisted of 22 students, whose task was to take notes while reading the novel. Results showed that the main theorists’ assumptions can be confirmed in practice. However, this research has raised many other problems, in the first place those related with the methodology in this specific scientific field. In this regard, there is a dilemma. On the one hand, studies can be strictly empirical, which can provide objective, but possibly insufficient results. On the other hand, abandonment of empiricism can potentially lead to subjectivism
