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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... audience . Artistic choices are based upon these assump- tions - conscious or unconscious - about readers , and to a certain extent , artistic success depends on their shrewdness , on the degree to which actual and authorial audience ...
... audience . Artistic choices are based upon these assump- tions - conscious or unconscious - about readers , and to a certain extent , artistic success depends on their shrewdness , on the degree to which actual and authorial audience ...
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... audience knows something that the actual audience does not ) , the gap can often be bridged through education . The reader of The Catacombs who does not know the date of Ken- nedy's assassination can be informed . But knowledge can also ...
... audience knows something that the actual audience does not ) , the gap can often be bridged through education . The reader of The Catacombs who does not know the date of Ken- nedy's assassination can be informed . But knowledge can also ...
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... actual reader's views on monarchy as a system of social organization from his or her acceptance of the rightfulness ... readers . Chandler's Big Sleep , for instance , was intended as a critique of a conservative political position , but his ...
... actual reader's views on monarchy as a system of social organization from his or her acceptance of the rightfulness ... readers . Chandler's Big Sleep , for instance , was intended as a critique of a conservative political position , but his ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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