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 44
... rules of notice cover a wide spectrum of texts : for instance , there is the simple rule that titles are privileged ... rules of notice are specific to smaller groups of texts . For instance , when we are given some apparently obscure ...
... rules of notice cover a wide spectrum of texts : for instance , there is the simple rule that titles are privileged ... rules of notice are specific to smaller groups of texts . For instance , when we are given some apparently obscure ...
Pagina 78
... rules of sig- nification to texts . Rules of signification are vast in number , and teachers probably have more trouble teaching their students to understand them than teaching them other kinds of rules . It is perhaps for this reason ...
... rules of sig- nification to texts . Rules of signification are vast in number , and teachers probably have more trouble teaching their students to understand them than teaching them other kinds of rules . It is perhaps for this reason ...
Pagina 112
... rule and then intentionally undermines our expectations . Readers apply rules of coherence , in contrast , to the work as a completed totality ( even though , of course , the rules have to be learned before the reading begins ) ...
... rule and then intentionally undermines our expectations . Readers apply rules of coherence , in contrast , to the work as a completed totality ( even though , of course , the rules have to be learned before the reading begins ) ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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