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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Pagina 64
... character is to be read as an important character . On this basis , the reader of Ibsen's Doll's House can fairly assume that Krogstadt - whose decisions about whether to expose Nora's forgery determine much of the play's action — is ...
... character is to be read as an important character . On this basis , the reader of Ibsen's Doll's House can fairly assume that Krogstadt - whose decisions about whether to expose Nora's forgery determine much of the play's action — is ...
Pagina 82
... characters . But ' War was hell ' must mean that a character thinks so . " 16 But as Chatman himself real- izes , in his discussion of the opening of Pride and Prejudice , there are numerous other factors at hand — including the ...
... characters . But ' War was hell ' must mean that a character thinks so . " 16 But as Chatman himself real- izes , in his discussion of the opening of Pride and Prejudice , there are numerous other factors at hand — including the ...
Pagina 128
... character or characters . Susan Sul- eiman has made a strong claim that " it is only after having read the whole novel that one can fully distinguish major characters from secondary or minor ones . " ' 33 There is some slippage ...
... character or characters . Susan Sul- eiman has made a strong claim that " it is only after having read the whole novel that one can fully distinguish major characters from secondary or minor ones . " ' 33 There is some slippage ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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