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 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 ) ...
Pagina 145
... rules of notice , signification , and ( especially ) configuration are working well . There seem to be no extraneous details or complicated symbolic patterns ; their endings easily and completely satisfy the ... Rules of Coherence.
... rules of notice , signification , and ( especially ) configuration are working well . There seem to be no extraneous details or complicated symbolic patterns ; their endings easily and completely satisfy the ... Rules of Coherence.
Pagina 147
... coherence is more usefully discussed as an ac- tivity by readers rather than a property of texts , I am not arguing that the coherence that results is unintended by the author . The conventions by which we make ... Rules of Coherence.
... coherence is more usefully discussed as an ac- tivity by readers rather than a property of texts , I am not arguing that the coherence that results is unintended by the author . The conventions by which we make ... Rules of Coherence.
Sommario
Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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