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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... novel itself raises the issue of how presuppositions influence interpretation . In analyzing the discus- sions of Janet Henry's dream as a metaphor for reading , though , I had already made a decision to treat the novel as serious ...
... novel itself raises the issue of how presuppositions influence interpretation . In analyzing the discus- sions of Janet Henry's dream as a metaphor for reading , though , I had already made a decision to treat the novel as serious ...
Pagina 192
... novel as a member of both classes simultaneously . Perhaps that is true of these initial questions ( although I suspect only aca- demics would actually read this novel in that way ) . But there are other consequences of genre placement ...
... novel as a member of both classes simultaneously . Perhaps that is true of these initial questions ( although I suspect only aca- demics would actually read this novel in that way ) . But there are other consequences of genre placement ...
Pagina 203
... novel primarily as a popular novel ( stressing the solution ) rather than as a serious one ( stressing the indecisive conclusion ) . In addi- tion , it has to involve an act of scapegoating : in order to create a sense of resolution in ...
... novel primarily as a popular novel ( stressing the solution ) rather than as a serious one ( stressing the indecisive conclusion ) . In addi- tion , it has to involve an act of scapegoating : in order to create a sense of resolution in ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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