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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... structure meant is a structure of meanings , evaluations , and interpretations ; and the principle of unity which informs it seems to be one of balancing and harmonizing connotations , at- titudes , and meanings . . . . It is a positive ...
... structure meant is a structure of meanings , evaluations , and interpretations ; and the principle of unity which informs it seems to be one of balancing and harmonizing connotations , at- titudes , and meanings . . . . It is a positive ...
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... structure . For example , in explaining why an anecdote related by Francis Parkman does not count as fiction , Brooks and Warren end up criticizing not the structure of the episode , but its con- tent - specifically , the view it offers ...
... structure . For example , in explaining why an anecdote related by Francis Parkman does not count as fiction , Brooks and Warren end up criticizing not the structure of the episode , but its con- tent - specifically , the view it offers ...
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... structure — and , coincidentally , with misplaced Midwesterners in New York . Edna is clearly a novel with something to offer , at least to some readers , since it was quite popular at the time it was written ; even among scholars of ...
... structure — and , coincidentally , with misplaced Midwesterners in New York . Edna is clearly a novel with something to offer , at least to some readers , since it was quite popular at the time it was written ; even among scholars of ...
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NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS | 3 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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