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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... things in it , and may well call on different kinds of evidence to support their claims : Marxists and Freudians may well see The Trial as different texts that are both contained within the same marks on the page . It also means , as ...
... things in it , and may well call on different kinds of evidence to support their claims : Marxists and Freudians may well see The Trial as different texts that are both contained within the same marks on the page . It also means , as ...
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... thing that , when completed , offers opportunities ( more or less re- stricted depending on the particular swing set ... things from the literary works themselves , because literary works themselves don't tell one what it is one is ...
... thing that , when completed , offers opportunities ( more or less re- stricted depending on the particular swing set ... things from the literary works themselves , because literary works themselves don't tell one what it is one is ...
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... Things that would have made the fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands . It is a mistake to do things too easily . " 55 When Chester Himes wants to be sure that his white audience understands why a black junkman might side ...
... Things that would have made the fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands . It is a mistake to do things too easily . " 55 When Chester Himes wants to be sure that his white audience understands why a black junkman might side ...
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NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS | 3 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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