THE PLEASURE OF TEXTUAL/SEXUAL WRESTLING: PORNOGRAPHY AND HERESY IN "ROGER'S VERSION"

While John Updike is not a post-modernist writer, his novel "Roger's Version" takes self-reflexive turns at times. This attribute is examined in the context of Roland Barthes' concept of "the pleasure of the text."

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Published in:	Modern fiction studies Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 81 - 95
Main Author:	Duvall, John N.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore, Md THE PURDUE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH 01-04-1991 Johns Hopkins University Press John Hopkins University Press for Purdue University, Dept. of English
Subjects:	Barthes, Roland (1915-1980) French literature Heresy Literary criticism Literary tropes Love Narratives Novels Orthodoxy Pleasure Pornography Reflexivity Textual criticism Theology Updike, John (1932-2009) Wrestling
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Summary:	While John Updike is not a post-modernist writer, his novel "Roger's Version" takes self-reflexive turns at times. This attribute is examined in the context of Roland Barthes' concept of "the pleasure of the text."
ISSN:	0026-7724 1080-658X 1080-658X
DOI:	10.1353/mfs.0.0507