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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Pagina 43
... apply the specific rules the author had in mind , in our culture virtually all readers apply some rules in each of the four categories whenever they approach a text . First , there are what I call rules of notice . Despite repeated ...
... apply the specific rules the author had in mind , in our culture virtually all readers apply some rules in each of the four categories whenever they approach a text . First , there are what I call rules of notice . Despite repeated ...
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... apply the rule in the first place . Similarly , we are often expected to assume that one moral failing naturally accompanies another . In Owen Wister's Virginian , for instance , we are expected to treat Balaam's failure to care ...
... apply the rule in the first place . Similarly , we are often expected to assume that one moral failing naturally accompanies another . In Owen Wister's Virginian , for instance , we are expected to treat Balaam's failure to care ...
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... apply the rule of imminent cataclysm in their reading of the text that follows . But the very fact that Stendhal felt the need to mark his text in this way is an indication of how strongly this rule pulls on readers . The rule of ...
... apply the rule of imminent cataclysm in their reading of the text that follows . But the very fact that Stendhal felt the need to mark his text in this way is an indication of how strongly this rule pulls on readers . The rule of ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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