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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... strategies that the author , at least , be- lieved to be more or less readily available . The source of that failure may lie in the reader ( lack of experience , personal eccen- tricity ) or in the author ( poor technique , unrealistic ...
... strategies that the author , at least , be- lieved to be more or less readily available . The source of that failure may lie in the reader ( lack of experience , personal eccen- tricity ) or in the author ( poor technique , unrealistic ...
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... strategies with which it is approached : You can keep the text and change the strategy , or you can keep the strategy and toss out the text on the assumption that it is thin or incoher- ent . And when particular reading strategies ...
... strategies with which it is approached : You can keep the text and change the strategy , or you can keep the strategy and toss out the text on the assumption that it is thin or incoher- ent . And when particular reading strategies ...
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... strategies . As Annette Kolodny argues , " Frequently our reading habits become fixed , so that each successive reading experience functions , in effect , normatively , with one particular kind of novel stylizing our expectations of ...
... strategies . As Annette Kolodny argues , " Frequently our reading habits become fixed , so that each successive reading experience functions , in effect , normatively , with one particular kind of novel stylizing our expectations of ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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