Paul ricoeur Text and Interpretation 1. What is a text? a."A text is any discourse fixed in writing. "Ricoeur, 1981a, p145) b. Fixation enables the speech to be conserved, i.e. durability ofter c. A text"divides the act of writing and the act of reading into two sides, between which there is no communication. The text thus produces a double eclipse of the reader and the writer."(Ricoeur, 1981a, p 146-476 Paul Ricoeur’s Text and Interpretation 1. What is a text? a. “A text is any discourse fixed in writing.” (Ricoeur, 1981a, p.145) b. Fixation enables the speech to be conserved, i.e. durability of text c. A text “divides the act of writing and the act of reading into two sides, between which there is no communication. … The text thus produces a double eclipse of the reader and the writer.” (Ricoeur, 1981a, p.146-47)