Before Reading: Narrative Conventions and the Politics of InterpretationOhio State University Press, 1998 - 249 pagine How does what we know shape the ways we read? Starting from the premise that any productive theory of narrative must take into account the presuppositions the reader brings to the text, Before Reading explores how our prior knowledge of literary conventions influences the processes of interpretation and evaluation. Available again with a new introduction by James Phelan. |
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... Brooks , for instance , has argued that " the essence of poetry is metaphor , " a statement that — except for its privileging of metaphor over other figures — accords quite comfortably with J. Hillis Miller's insistence that the ...
... Brooks , for instance , has argued that " the essence of poetry is metaphor , " a statement that — except for its privileging of metaphor over other figures — accords quite comfortably with J. Hillis Miller's insistence that the ...
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... Brooks and Warren when they insist that the " thoughts and actions " of characters " must ultimately be coherent , " 23 it is certainly the case that when we read nineteenth- and twentieth - century narratives , we tend , on the whole ...
... Brooks and Warren when they insist that the " thoughts and actions " of characters " must ultimately be coherent , " 23 it is certainly the case that when we read nineteenth- and twentieth - century narratives , we tend , on the whole ...
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... Brooks , " My Credo , " 72 . 2. Brooks and Warren , Understanding Fiction , 27. See also Brooks ' claim that bad poetry is " chaotic and incoherent , " whereas a good poem has " coherence of statement " and " unity of style " ( Well ...
... Brooks , " My Credo , " 72 . 2. Brooks and Warren , Understanding Fiction , 27. See also Brooks ' claim that bad poetry is " chaotic and incoherent , " whereas a good poem has " coherence of statement " and " unity of style " ( Well ...
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Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Rules of Signification | 76 |
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