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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... pattern , then that pattern can legit- imately be treated as an appropriate " name " for the artifact in question . The more features that can be subsumed under this name , the more appropriate it is , and the more coherent the bundle ...
... pattern , then that pattern can legit- imately be treated as an appropriate " name " for the artifact in question . The more features that can be subsumed under this name , the more appropriate it is , and the more coherent the bundle ...
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... pattern . • [ The title is ] an ironic comment on this failure . " 8 Despite its humor , then , this novel about a frustrated search for coherence offers a despairing vision of a decentered universe . Or does it ? Is this initial ...
... pattern . • [ The title is ] an ironic comment on this failure . " 8 Despite its humor , then , this novel about a frustrated search for coherence offers a despairing vision of a decentered universe . Or does it ? Is this initial ...
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... pattern in virtually anything . If such a reader begins with the supposition that there might well be a hidden pattern , therefore , the chances are that one will be found , whether intended or not . And once it is found it is nearly ...
... pattern in virtually anything . If such a reader begins with the supposition that there might well be a hidden pattern , therefore , the chances are that one will be found , whether intended or not . And once it is found it is nearly ...
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NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS | 3 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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