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 17
... context — at least if meaning is taken broadly to include tone , emphasis , and connotation - then no utterance is ever synonymous even with itself : you cannot step into the same meaning twice.4 But paraphrase need not imply identity ...
... context — at least if meaning is taken broadly to include tone , emphasis , and connotation - then no utterance is ever synonymous even with itself : you cannot step into the same meaning twice.4 But paraphrase need not imply identity ...
Pagina 70
... context but also on the intertextual grid against which the text is read . Generally speaking , formulaic ele- ments - elements that regularly recur without significant varia- tion in comparable texts — are not noticeable unless they ...
... context but also on the intertextual grid against which the text is read . Generally speaking , formulaic ele- ments - elements that regularly recur without significant varia- tion in comparable texts — are not noticeable unless they ...
Pagina 186
... context in which speedy reading is assumed ; so does the rapid turnover of the stock of romances.14 And these sales prac- tices confirm more widely held assumptions about reading speed . The tendency of college students to divide ...
... context in which speedy reading is assumed ; so does the rapid turnover of the stock of romances.14 And these sales prac- tices confirm more widely held assumptions about reading speed . The tendency of college students to divide ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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