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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... words , he knows neither connotations nor conven- tions . He is , in other words , capable of reading a text without any distorting presuppositions ; neither his " character " nor his " posi- tion in society colors his perception of the ...
... words , he knows neither connotations nor conven- tions . He is , in other words , capable of reading a text without any distorting presuppositions ; neither his " character " nor his " posi- tion in society colors his perception of the ...
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... word has a far greater range of potential relationships to the words around it ( e.g. , phonetic , syntactic , connotative , de- notative ) , as well as to other works of literature and to the outside world . A writer who aims at the ...
... word has a far greater range of potential relationships to the words around it ( e.g. , phonetic , syntactic , connotative , de- notative ) , as well as to other works of literature and to the outside world . A writer who aims at the ...
Pagina 83
... words are those of the narrator or implied author . Note , for instance , the next - to - last paragraph of Crime and Punishment : She too had been greatly agitated that day , and at night she was taken ill again . But she was so happy ...
... words are those of the narrator or implied author . Note , for instance , the next - to - last paragraph of Crime and Punishment : She too had been greatly agitated that day , and at night she was taken ill again . But she was so happy ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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