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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... textual details , Rabinowitz explains , entails a kind of translation , a movement " from what appears to be said to what is really said , or at least from one level ( which , if not more literal , is more immediate or more close at ...
... textual details , Rabinowitz explains , entails a kind of translation , a movement " from what appears to be said to what is really said , or at least from one level ( which , if not more literal , is more immediate or more close at ...
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... textual realism ” ( the belief that " meaning - full texts exist independent of interpreta- tion " ) than to what he calls " readerly idealism " ( the belief that " meaning is made , not found , " since " textual facts are never prior ...
... textual realism ” ( the belief that " meaning - full texts exist independent of interpreta- tion " ) than to what he calls " readerly idealism " ( the belief that " meaning is made , not found , " since " textual facts are never prior ...
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... textual disjunctures , permitting us to repair apparent inconsistencies by transforming them into metaphors , subtleties , and ironies . Even deconstructive readings , which widen rather than bridge textual gaps , often find some over ...
... textual disjunctures , permitting us to repair apparent inconsistencies by transforming them into metaphors , subtleties , and ironies . Even deconstructive readings , which widen rather than bridge textual gaps , often find some over ...
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NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS | 3 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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