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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... important to stress this point : a rule of configuration can be just as important to the reading experience when the outcomes it predicts turn out not to take place as when they do . Eugene Narmour's remark about music applies just as ...
... important to stress this point : a rule of configuration can be just as important to the reading experience when the outcomes it predicts turn out not to take place as when they do . Eugene Narmour's remark about music applies just as ...
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... important : At last I have come back from my fortnight's absence . Our friends have already been two days in Roulettenberg . I imagined they were expecting me with the greatest eagerness ; I was mistaken , however . The General had an ...
... important : At last I have come back from my fortnight's absence . Our friends have already been two days in Roulettenberg . I imagined they were expecting me with the greatest eagerness ; I was mistaken , however . The General had an ...
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... important part of the story . " Miss Binney is certainly correct that authors often leave out what is unimportant ; one of the reasons actual readers interpret and evalu- ate texts differently is that their perspectives on what is important ...
... important part of the story . " Miss Binney is certainly correct that authors often leave out what is unimportant ; one of the reasons actual readers interpret and evalu- ate texts differently is that their perspectives on what is important ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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