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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Pagina 108
... Dostoyevsky writes , " The prince , however , heard them call him an idiot and he gave a start , but not because he had been called an idiot . He forgot ' the idiot ' at once . He caught sight in the crowd , not far from where he was ...
... Dostoyevsky writes , " The prince , however , heard them call him an idiot and he gave a start , but not because he had been called an idiot . He forgot ' the idiot ' at once . He caught sight in the crowd , not far from where he was ...
Pagina 130
... Dostoyevsky's Gambler violates the rule in a radically different way . While it is quite common for a novel to begin in medias res with regard to its story , this one seems to begin right in the middle of its narration . The opening ...
... Dostoyevsky's Gambler violates the rule in a radically different way . While it is quite common for a novel to begin in medias res with regard to its story , this one seems to begin right in the middle of its narration . The opening ...
Pagina 210
... ( Dostoyevsky compounds this flaw by a violation of a rule of configuration : he fails to follow through on the conflict set up in the first volume between Myshkin and Ganya . ) Knowing the gene- sis of the novel , one can well understand ...
... ( Dostoyevsky compounds this flaw by a violation of a rule of configuration : he fails to follow through on the conflict set up in the first volume between Myshkin and Ganya . ) Knowing the gene- sis of the novel , one can well understand ...
Sommario
NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS | 3 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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