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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... Roland Barthes claims that " to read is to struggle to name , to subject the sentences of the text to a semantic transformation " ; E. D. Hirsch , Jr. , defines interpretation as construing something else from the signs physically ...
... Roland Barthes claims that " to read is to struggle to name , to subject the sentences of the text to a semantic transformation " ; E. D. Hirsch , Jr. , defines interpretation as construing something else from the signs physically ...
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... Roland Barthes , S / Z , 51. See also his claim that “ a narrative is made up solely of functions : everything , in one way or another , is significant . . There are no wasted units " ( " Introduction to the Structure of Narrative ...
... Roland Barthes , S / Z , 51. See also his claim that “ a narrative is made up solely of functions : everything , in one way or another , is significant . . There are no wasted units " ( " Introduction to the Structure of Narrative ...
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... Roland Barthes puts it , " Read slowly , read all of a novel by Zola , and the book will drop from your hands . " But Zola would never have expected us to read that way . Thus , while Barthes is right that " we do not read everything ...
... Roland Barthes puts it , " Read slowly , read all of a novel by Zola , and the book will drop from your hands . " But Zola would never have expected us to read that way . Thus , while Barthes is right that " we do not read everything ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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