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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... Booth , it is " understand- ing " and " overstanding . " For Tzvetan Todorov , there are three terms : " interpretation , " " description , " and " reading . " 13 Many other critics , despite the recent arguments of Fish , remain wedded ...
... Booth , it is " understand- ing " and " overstanding . " For Tzvetan Todorov , there are three terms : " interpretation , " " description , " and " reading . " 13 Many other critics , despite the recent arguments of Fish , remain wedded ...
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... Booth : " It is simply self - maiming to pretend that any blissful improvisa- tion on [ Henry James ' ] words , sentences , or themes . . . can equal the value of his making " ( Critical Understanding , 284 ) . See also Hirsch , Aims of ...
... Booth : " It is simply self - maiming to pretend that any blissful improvisa- tion on [ Henry James ' ] words , sentences , or themes . . . can equal the value of his making " ( Critical Understanding , 284 ) . See also Hirsch , Aims of ...
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... Booth , in 6. Hamilton College Department of English , guidelines for English 200 . 7. Wayne Booth , Rhetoric of Fiction , esp . 364-74 . 8. For an interesting discussion of Madame Bovary in this context , see Hans Robert Jauss , Toward ...
... Booth , in 6. Hamilton College Department of English , guidelines for English 200 . 7. Wayne Booth , Rhetoric of Fiction , esp . 364-74 . 8. For an interesting discussion of Madame Bovary in this context , see Hans Robert Jauss , Toward ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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