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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... limited by decisions made before the book is even begun . Needless to say , any complete discussion of this subject would have to account for the ways that , for instance , readers ' medical presuppositions shape readings of such texts ...
... limited by decisions made before the book is even begun . Needless to say , any complete discussion of this subject would have to account for the ways that , for instance , readers ' medical presuppositions shape readings of such texts ...
Pagina 126
... like Dostoyevsky - rely on their reader's application of rules of focus to support closure . Anton Lavrent'evich , the narrator of Dos- toyevsky's Possessed , offers a limited perspective on events at 126 Narrative Conventions.
... like Dostoyevsky - rely on their reader's application of rules of focus to support closure . Anton Lavrent'evich , the narrator of Dos- toyevsky's Possessed , offers a limited perspective on events at 126 Narrative Conventions.
Pagina 127
... limited perspective on events at the beginning of the novel.32 But while he remains the nominal narrator throughout the text , his persona and limitations fade away for long passages in the middle , where we receive a great deal of ...
... limited perspective on events at the beginning of the novel.32 But while he remains the nominal narrator throughout the text , his persona and limitations fade away for long passages in the middle , where we receive a great deal of ...
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NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS | 3 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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