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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... assumptions about the readers ' beliefs , knowledge , and familiarity with conventions . As a result , authors are forced to guess ; they design their books rhetorically for some more or less specific hypothetical audience , which I ...
... assumptions about the readers ' beliefs , knowledge , and familiarity with conventions . As a result , authors are forced to guess ; they design their books rhetorically for some more or less specific hypothetical audience , which I ...
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... assumptions about the proper intertextual grid , assumptions made in part before even starting the book . 43. Thus , the impact of a book depends on when you read it with respect to other books . As Robert Champigny points out ...
... assumptions about the proper intertextual grid , assumptions made in part before even starting the book . 43. Thus , the impact of a book depends on when you read it with respect to other books . As Robert Champigny points out ...
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... assumptions about reading speed . The tendency of college students to divide literature into class- room reading and summer reading is one manifestation of these assumptions . So is George P. Elliott's claim that the pace of the ...
... assumptions about reading speed . The tendency of college students to divide literature into class- room reading and summer reading is one manifestation of these assumptions . So is George P. Elliott's claim that the pace of the ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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