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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... claim that " poetry succeeds because all or most of what is said or implied is relevant ; what is irrelevant has been excluded , like lumps from pudding and ' bugs ' from machinery . " 4 Similarly , Barthes ' exhaustive analysis of Bal ...
... claim that " poetry succeeds because all or most of what is said or implied is relevant ; what is irrelevant has been excluded , like lumps from pudding and ' bugs ' from machinery . " 4 Similarly , Barthes ' exhaustive analysis of Bal ...
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... claims , he notes , " But the Time Traveller had more than a touch of whim among his ele- ments , and we ... claim that " contrary to a popular view , modern literature tends to be more rather than less didactic than earlier ...
... claims , he notes , " But the Time Traveller had more than a touch of whim among his ele- ments , and we ... claim that " contrary to a popular view , modern literature tends to be more rather than less didactic than earlier ...
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... claim of a permanent and static state of affairs ( as Emma begins with Emma's security ) or a claim of an inevitable future ( as the film War Games opens with the military's insistence that its computer cannot fail ) , we can expect the ...
... claim of a permanent and static state of affairs ( as Emma begins with Emma's security ) or a claim of an inevitable future ( as the film War Games opens with the military's insistence that its computer cannot fail ) , we can expect the ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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