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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... instance , there is the simple rule that titles are privileged . This may seem trivial , but it is a tremendous help for the first - time viewer of Hamlet . In the opening scenes , there are so many charac- ters that he or she would not ...
... instance , there is the simple rule that titles are privileged . This may seem trivial , but it is a tremendous help for the first - time viewer of Hamlet . In the opening scenes , there are so many charac- ters that he or she would not ...
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... instance , informs them that the question , Who is speaking ? is one of the first that a reader must ask . Be- cause this distinction is stressed so often , it is only the most naive reader who makes gross errors on this score - who ...
... instance , informs them that the question , Who is speaking ? is one of the first that a reader must ask . Be- cause this distinction is stressed so often , it is only the most naive reader who makes gross errors on this score - who ...
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... instance , that parallels along one axis imply parallels along another . In poetry , for instance , parallel syn- tax is usually assumed to imply parallel thoughts . Similarly , in fiction , Bruce R. Stark is able to argue that there is ...
... instance , that parallels along one axis imply parallels along another . In poetry , for instance , parallel syn- tax is usually assumed to imply parallel thoughts . Similarly , in fiction , Bruce R. Stark is able to argue that there is ...
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NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS | 3 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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