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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... sense of an imitation or transformation , with the recognition that imitations are by definition imperfect . Indeed , the prefix para- , in some of its meanings , suggests both imperfection ( as in paralexia ) and close resemblance ...
... sense of an imitation or transformation , with the recognition that imitations are by definition imperfect . Indeed , the prefix para- , in some of its meanings , suggests both imperfection ( as in paralexia ) and close resemblance ...
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... sense of a text in the same way he or she makes sense of anything else in the world : by applying a series of strat- egies to simplify it — by highlighting , by making symbolic , and by otherwise patterning it . It is perhaps worth ...
... sense of a text in the same way he or she makes sense of anything else in the world : by applying a series of strat- egies to simplify it — by highlighting , by making symbolic , and by otherwise patterning it . It is perhaps worth ...
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... sense . The focus of a work is usually announced in some conventional way , and by knowing rules of focus , the reader can determine the probable boundaries of the novelistic universe that he or she will inhabit . Among the more ...
... sense . The focus of a work is usually announced in some conventional way , and by knowing rules of focus , the reader can determine the probable boundaries of the novelistic universe that he or she will inhabit . Among the more ...
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NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS | 3 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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