Before Reading: Narrative Conventions and the Politics of InterpretationCornell University Press, 1987 - 249 pagine Overview: 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. |
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... Theory Literature is political . It is painful to have to insist on this fact , but the necessity of such insistence indicates the dimensions of the problem . Judith Fetterley , The Resisting Reader Whatever critical affiliations we may ...
... Theory Literature is political . It is painful to have to insist on this fact , but the necessity of such insistence indicates the dimensions of the problem . Judith Fetterley , The Resisting Reader Whatever critical affiliations we may ...
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... theory depends on a canon , on a limited group of texts , often culture - specific or national . " 18 Still , even without that kind of study , it seems safe to claim that the relationship between a theory and the texts called upon to ...
... theory depends on a canon , on a limited group of texts , often culture - specific or national . " 18 Still , even without that kind of study , it seems safe to claim that the relationship between a theory and the texts called upon to ...
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... theory take any form at all , readers have certain expectations about what form it will take , and they can be ... Theory , 204. Pratt's own strong critique of speech - act theory ( including her own work ) can be found in " The ...
... theory take any form at all , readers have certain expectations about what form it will take , and they can be ... Theory , 204. Pratt's own strong critique of speech - act theory ( including her own work ) can be found in " The ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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