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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... happen , but not just anything will happen ( 117 ) —and three more specific rules : un- dermining , conventions by which situations or characters get set up only to be knocked down ; balance with regard to focus , conventions that allow ...
... happen , but not just anything will happen ( 117 ) —and three more specific rules : un- dermining , conventions by which situations or characters get set up only to be knocked down ; balance with regard to focus , conventions that allow ...
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... happen ) opens up the pos- sibilities of the text ; the second ( that something will happen ac- 16. Prince , Narratology , 4. See also Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren , who tell us that if " nothing ' happens , " " then we simply ...
... happen ) opens up the pos- sibilities of the text ; the second ( that something will happen ac- 16. Prince , Narratology , 4. See also Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren , who tell us that if " nothing ' happens , " " then we simply ...
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... happen . First , the swing set itself may be defective — the author may have made a mistake , providing signals that encourage readers to apply inap- propriate strategies . This can happen with respect to any of the four categories of ...
... happen . First , the swing set itself may be defective — the author may have made a mistake , providing signals that encourage readers to apply inap- propriate strategies . This can happen with respect to any of the four categories of ...
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NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS | 3 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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