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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... common to all the new critics or , if you prefer , their common postulate " ( New Criticism in France , 119 ) . suggesting that we read a text by applying them one 45 Starting Points.
... common to all the new critics or , if you prefer , their common postulate " ( New Criticism in France , 119 ) . suggesting that we read a text by applying them one 45 Starting Points.
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... common in the popular American women's nov- els of the day than in Austen . Indeed , Nina Baym argues that one of the two basic variants of the " single tale " told in " the many novels by American women authors about women , written ...
... common in the popular American women's nov- els of the day than in Austen . Indeed , Nina Baym argues that one of the two basic variants of the " single tale " told in " the many novels by American women authors about women , written ...
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... common sense under- standing of " human nature " -common sense , in this case , validating a bourgeois conception of the individual . The New Crit- ics insist that " thoughts and actions must ultimately be co- herent . " ' 10 More ...
... common sense under- standing of " human nature " -common sense , in this case , validating a bourgeois conception of the individual . The New Crit- ics insist that " thoughts and actions must ultimately be co- herent . " ' 10 More ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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