INTERPRETACIJA IN SPREJEMANJE GLAVNEGA LIKA PO FISHEVI KRITIKI ODZIVA BRALCA V ROMANIH DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER, DEARLY DEVOTED DEXTER, DEXTER IN THE DARK IN DEXTER BY DESIGN PISATELJA JEFFA LINDSAYA

POVZETEK Diplomska naloga z naslovom Interpretacija in sprejemanje glavnega lika po Fishevi kritiki odziva bralca v romanih Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter, Dexter in the Dark in Dexter by Desing pisatelja Jeffa Lindseya se, kot že naslov razkriva, ukvarja z reakcijo bralca na romane v naslovu. Romani pripovedujejo o serijskemu morilcu z načeli — on ubija le tiste morilce, za katere se je lastnoročno prepričal o njihovi krivdi in tako predstavlja moralno dilemo. Diploma se prične z uvodnim delom, ki razlaga Fishevo kritiko odziva bralca in kritiko le-tega, da razloži teorijo, kateri smo sledili. Ta trdi, da je bralec tisti, ki ustvari pomen besedila. Fisheve interpretativne skupnosti kažejo na to, da so ljudje, ki prihajajo iz istih socialnih okolij, bolj nagnjeni k temu, da oblikujejo enake interpretacije. Komentirali smo še teorijo moralne presoje in kako socializacije ter vrednote, ki se jih skozi socializacijo naučimo, vplivajo na našo presojo. Nato smo predstavili dva potencialna občinstva in njuna ozadja, da smo lahko na konkretnih primerih iz romanov pokazali njihove možne interpretacije. V zaključku je razvidno, da so predvidevanja o vplivu socialnega ozadja na bralčevo interpretacijo zelo verjetne, kot je razvidno iz primerov, in da to lahko vpliva na interpretacijo literature same ter odnosa do nje.ABSTRACT The diploma thesis with the title The interpretation and acceptance of the main character according to Fish\u27s Reader response criticism in the novels Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dearly Devoted Dexter, Dexter in the Dark and Dexter by Design written by Jeff Lindsay is, as the title reveals, dealing with the readers\u27 response to the novels in the title. The novels are about a serial killer who has a code – he only kills killers when he has made personally sure they are guilty and thus Dexter presents a moral dilemma. The dissertation starts with an introductory part explaining Fish\u27s reader response criticism and its critics in order to explain the theory that we followed. It claims that the reader is the one who creates the text. Fish\u27s interpretive communities show that people from the same social background are more inclined to form the same interpretations. I elaborate on the theory of moral judgement and how socialization and the norms learned there influence our judgement. I then present two possible audiences and their backgrounds in order to then show their possible interpretations through concrete examples from the novels. The conclusion then shows that the assumption of social background influencing a reader\u27s background is indeed plausible as shown in the examples and that this can contribute to the interpretations and the attitude towards literature