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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... literary evaluation itself without studying both texts that are highly regarded by our literary judges and texts that are generally deemed inferior . Mary Louise Pratt has demonstrated how arguments about the distinction be- tween " ...
... literary evaluation itself without studying both texts that are highly regarded by our literary judges and texts that are generally deemed inferior . Mary Louise Pratt has demonstrated how arguments about the distinction be- tween " ...
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... literary conventions that it applies to the text in order to transform it . As such critics as Culler are now making clearer , reading ( especially the reading of literature ) is not only not a natural activity - it is not even a ...
... literary conventions that it applies to the text in order to transform it . As such critics as Culler are now making clearer , reading ( especially the reading of literature ) is not only not a natural activity - it is not even a ...
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... literary works themselves , because literary works themselves don't tell one what it is one is supposed to say about them " ( " Joys of Not Reading " ) . See also Eagleton's remark , " The competent reader is the one who can apply to ...
... literary works themselves , because literary works themselves don't tell one what it is one is supposed to say about them " ( " Joys of Not Reading " ) . See also Eagleton's remark , " The competent reader is the one who can apply to ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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