Den dubbla läsaren
Inläsaren som läsare och litteraturförmedlare
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https://doi.org/10.7146/njlis.v6i1.157478Keywords:
ljudbok, läsning, inläsning, röst, litteraturförmedingAbstract
The article examines an actor that has gained importance on the contemporary book-market due to the rise of popularity of audiobooks: the performing narrator. Through the voice the performing narrator mediates the literary text, which affects the audiobook-user, the audiobook-experience as well as the reading experience. By analyzing empirical material generated by interviews of six active performing narrators in Sweden the study further explores how the role of the performing narrator can be understood and interpreted as both a reader and a literary mediator. Through combination of perspectives from research on reading and reading promotion it is possible to gain new insights about how performing narrators describe their work as well as their reading experience. The study, hence, contributes to new knowledge on an actor on the literary field that is growing in importance for contemporary readers and their everyday reading practices.
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