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Introduction
progression.AfunctionofthisHnegative”deviceisthereforethedemand
tocreatesomestructuralunityandthusrecuperateatext’scoherence.
Asaresult,inFederman’swords,Hnolongermanipulatedbyanauthorial
(authoritarian)pointofview,nolongerentrappedintothesuspensionof
credibility,thereaderwillbetheonewhoextracts,inventsandcreates
anorderandameaningforthecreaturesandthematerialoffiction.Itis
thetotalandfreeparticipationinthefictionthatwillgivethereaderthe
senseofhavinginventedameaning,andnotsimplyhavingpassively
receivedaneatlyprearrangedmeaning”[1993:46].Atstakeisanew
formofinteractionwithtextofareaderwhoisHnolongeraconsumer”
butaHproducerofthetext,”toborrowfromRolandBarthes[qtd.inKut-
nik1986:45].FollowingIreneKacandes’TalkFiction,itcanbeargued
thattheinteractionisherecontrivedinsuchawayastodemandread-
ers’immersioninthefictionalworldandtheirHattentiontothematter
raisedbythespeaker”[Kacandes2001:155].Thereadersaretoimagine
themselves,asUriMargolinputit,Hbeingonthescenethenandthere,
viewingtheeventsastheyunfold,experiencingthemwithnarratorand
characters”[2012],andHparticipating”inthefictionalnarrativeact[Kut-
nik1986:45].Theperformativehermeneuticsthuspertainstoanactive
reading,laboriousanddemanding,imaginativeandimmersive.Itsgoal
istomaximisethereader’sengagementwithandattentiontothenarra-
torandhisstory.
Finally,performativereading,asFischer-Lichteelucidates,isless
aboutthemeaningofnarration(asemioticapproach)butabouttheex-
perienceofnarration,thatis,Hhowthey[theevents-B.L.]areperceived
andexperienced,howtheyaffectthespectators,andwhatkindofimpact
theyhaveonthem”(performativeapproach)[2008:70-71].Theemphasis
falls,inKutnik’swords,Hontheimmediacyofthoughtandperception
[ł]asopposedtotheanalysisandexplanationofit[thelivingflowofex-
perience-B.L.]”[1986:28],Consequently,performanceHcannotbecon-
sideredaworkofartbutanartevent,”17whichexistsashicetnuncand
comestolifeinstatunascendi[Fischer-Lichte2008:76-77].ToHperform”
thereadingofHdramatic”andHtheatrical”narrativesisnotjusttoread
thembutalsotoexperiencethecontactwiththenarratorandtointeract
withhim,topayintenseattentiontohisbeingandnarrating,andtoHpriv-
ilegeinvolvementovercontent”[Kacandes2001:155;seeBrater1994:ix].
Torecapitulate,dramatic,theatricalandperformativeareappliedto
describetwodistinctphenomena.Dramaticandtheatricalissemantics
