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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... Anna Karenina . The novel has a large cast of characters - so large that we might hardly notice Anna's arrival were the novel not named for her . But because of the title , we know from the beginning that we should look at the other ...
... Anna Karenina . The novel has a large cast of characters - so large that we might hardly notice Anna's arrival were the novel not named for her . But because of the title , we know from the beginning that we should look at the other ...
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... Anna Karenina , and from the beginning , the authorial audience is encouraged to pay more attention to fam- ily life than , say , to politics , which in this novel is subsidiary to 30. Ernest Pinard , " Réquisitoire de M. L'Avocat ...
... Anna Karenina , and from the beginning , the authorial audience is encouraged to pay more attention to fam- ily life than , say , to politics , which in this novel is subsidiary to 30. Ernest Pinard , " Réquisitoire de M. L'Avocat ...
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... Anna smiled on noticing the naive expression of curiosity , surprise and terror on Dolly's face . " After my illness ... Anna Karenina , trans . Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude ( New York : Norton , 1970 ) , 577 ( pt . 6 , chap . 23 ) . In ...
... Anna smiled on noticing the naive expression of curiosity , surprise and terror on Dolly's face . " After my illness ... Anna Karenina , trans . Louise Maude and Aylmer Maude ( New York : Norton , 1970 ) , 577 ( pt . 6 , chap . 23 ) . In ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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