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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... course , Some Do Not ... was written for readers who did know something about the course of European history , which brings us to another rule often invoked by novels set in particular time periods - the rule of imminent cataclysm . If ...
... course , Some Do Not ... was written for readers who did know something about the course of European history , which brings us to another rule often invoked by novels set in particular time periods - the rule of imminent cataclysm . If ...
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... course , applies only to works written after the cataclysm in question . Dirk DeJong's deci- sion to become a bond salesman in So Big - published in 1924 - is intended to set up entirely different expectations from Junior's decision to ...
... course , applies only to works written after the cataclysm in question . Dirk DeJong's deci- sion to become a bond salesman in So Big - published in 1924 - is intended to set up entirely different expectations from Junior's decision to ...
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... course , have been widely discussed by critics from W. H. Auden to S. S. Van Dine , and different critics have listed them in different ways . Nonetheless , there are three rules that show up implicitly or explicitly on nearly every ...
... course , have been widely discussed by critics from W. H. Auden to S. S. Van Dine , and different critics have listed them in different ways . Nonetheless , there are three rules that show up implicitly or explicitly on nearly every ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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