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In an age which appeals to the visual above all other senses it is interesting to note the rise of a medium which wholly concentrates on the aural sense, i.e. the audio cassette and CD. Apart from music, these media can carry a wide range of texts, such as foreign language courses, historical lectures, radio plays and literature readings. Such recorded readings of literary texts are usually termed audiobooks. This seminar will be concerned chiefly with audiobooks, but radio plays will also be considered. Our task will be to establish the typical features of these two types of audioliterature. We will also contrast audiobooks with texts offered through the medium of the book. This may help us to appreciate the two media in their own right and to be aware of their specific advantages and limitations. Studying how the reception of a book differs from that of an audiobook will enable participants to grasp more fully the mechanisms of interpretation at work in the reading of literature.
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Audiobooks