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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... ( Dostoyevsky assumes that we are capable of sympathy for the sufferings of Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment even though he is a murderer ) . Sometimes authors - even the same authors - assume that we will be influ- enced by our baser ...
... ( Dostoyevsky assumes that we are capable of sympathy for the sufferings of Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment even though he is a murderer ) . Sometimes authors - even the same authors - assume that we will be influ- enced by our baser ...
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... Dostoyevsky writes , " The prince , however , heard them call him an idiot and he gave a start , but not because he had been called an idiot . He forgot ' the idiot ' at once . He caught sight in the crowd , not far from where he was ...
... Dostoyevsky writes , " The prince , however , heard them call him an idiot and he gave a start , but not because he had been called an idiot . He forgot ' the idiot ' at once . He caught sight in the crowd , not far from where he was ...
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... Dostoyevsky's Gambler violates the rule in a radically different way . While it is quite common for a novel to begin in medias res with regard to its story , this one seems to begin right in the middle of its narration . The opening ...
... Dostoyevsky's Gambler violates the rule in a radically different way . While it is quite common for a novel to begin in medias res with regard to its story , this one seems to begin right in the middle of its narration . The opening ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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