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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... expect the novel to proceed to tell us about it . ) The ease with which readers are able to make such deter- minations is one factor influencing the degree to which they find the book readable or comprehensible . Readers make these judg ...
... expect the novel to proceed to tell us about it . ) The ease with which readers are able to make such deter- minations is one factor influencing the degree to which they find the book readable or comprehensible . Readers make these judg ...
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... expect that he will be shown up . When , in Harriet E. Wilson's Our Nig , Mary Bellmont's illness arouses " no serious apprehensions " in her parents , the authorial audience can reasonably expect the illness to grow severe.24 When Mrs ...
... expect that he will be shown up . When , in Harriet E. Wilson's Our Nig , Mary Bellmont's illness arouses " no serious apprehensions " in her parents , the authorial audience can reasonably expect the illness to grow severe.24 When Mrs ...
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... expect that strong attractions and dissonances between major characters in novels will have consequences ; the more notice that such attractions and dissonances are given , the stronger our expectations will be . We should be especially ...
... expect that strong attractions and dissonances between major characters in novels will have consequences ; the more notice that such attractions and dissonances are given , the stronger our expectations will be . We should be especially ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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