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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... able to fill in the gaps on their own . In fact , the pleasure of the text in detective stories resides primarily in ... able to extrapolate from what we are told , logically and readily . Tolstoy leaves unarticulated the crucial part of ...
... able to fill in the gaps on their own . In fact , the pleasure of the text in detective stories resides primarily in ... able to extrapolate from what we are told , logically and readily . Tolstoy leaves unarticulated the crucial part of ...
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... able to justify focusing attention on a few appar- ently invisible lines in Gatsby because they echo The Waste Land ; 10 T. Jeff Evans is able to center on the word " raw " by hold- ing the text up to " Daisy Miller " ; 11 John Shroeder ...
... able to justify focusing attention on a few appar- ently invisible lines in Gatsby because they echo The Waste Land ; 10 T. Jeff Evans is able to center on the word " raw " by hold- ing the text up to " Daisy Miller " ; 11 John Shroeder ...
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... able to portray the stutterings of Akaky Akakievich and Golyadkin in a way that is colorful and amusing . " Well , you see , Petrovich , I — er — have come — er — about that , you know ... " said Akaky . It might be as well to explain ...
... able to portray the stutterings of Akaky Akakievich and Golyadkin in a way that is colorful and amusing . " Well , you see , Petrovich , I — er — have come — er — about that , you know ... " said Akaky . It might be as well to explain ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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