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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... serve to focus a reading experi- ence ( at least , not an initial reading experience ) . But they do often serve to scaffold our retrospective interpretation of the book . The final image of Dashiell Hammett's Glass Key is Ned Beaumont ...
... serve to focus a reading experi- ence ( at least , not an initial reading experience ) . But they do often serve to scaffold our retrospective interpretation of the book . The final image of Dashiell Hammett's Glass Key is Ned Beaumont ...
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... serves to inform us that this is the important point of departure . At first , the claim that titles , openings , and ... serve to answer interpretive disputes by supporting one read- ing over another . The privileged nature of closing ...
... serves to inform us that this is the important point of departure . At first , the claim that titles , openings , and ... serve to answer interpretive disputes by supporting one read- ing over another . The privileged nature of closing ...
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... serve not to create verisimilitude by describing the world , but rather to underscore the speaker's character by his or her distance from reality . When , in Herland , Terry insists that " ' women like to be run after , ' " we are ...
... serve not to create verisimilitude by describing the world , but rather to underscore the speaker's character by his or her distance from reality . When , in Herland , Terry insists that " ' women like to be run after , ' " we are ...
Sommario
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Rules of Signification | 76 |
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