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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... traditional formula dictates ? Obviously , dif- ferent actual readers will read it differently . But those differences do not stem necessarily from Austen's highly developed sense of paradox ( there is no reason to assume that she did ...
... traditional formula dictates ? Obviously , dif- ferent actual readers will read it differently . But those differences do not stem necessarily from Austen's highly developed sense of paradox ( there is no reason to assume that she did ...
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... traditional fable or the mar- riage of a traditional paperback romance . As E. M. Forster puts it , " If it was not for death and marriage I do not know how the average novelist would conclude . " 43 Endings , however , are not always ...
... traditional fable or the mar- riage of a traditional paperback romance . As E. M. Forster puts it , " If it was not for death and marriage I do not know how the average novelist would conclude . " 43 Endings , however , are not always ...
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... traditional genres — tragedy , detective story , Bildungsroman - turn out to be more than merely formal . Since those canonical forms encapsulate the essence of being human , they imply what kind of life is worth telling about , and ...
... traditional genres — tragedy , detective story , Bildungsroman - turn out to be more than merely formal . Since those canonical forms encapsulate the essence of being human , they imply what kind of life is worth telling about , and ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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