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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... experience is shared by many contemporary listeners ) , I hear it first and fore- most against modern sounds . That is , the sound is defined by me ( and hence experienced by me ) partly in terms of its being not - that- of - a - modern ...
... experience is shared by many contemporary listeners ) , I hear it first and fore- most against modern sounds . That is , the sound is defined by me ( and hence experienced by me ) partly in terms of its being not - that- of - a - modern ...
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... experience pos- sible . From the authorial / narrative distinction emerges at least one fundamental reading ... experiences ; it is not improbable that such a person should exist and act as she does . Contrast this situa- tion with ...
... experience pos- sible . From the authorial / narrative distinction emerges at least one fundamental reading ... experiences ; it is not improbable that such a person should exist and act as she does . Contrast this situa- tion with ...
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... experience more generally . For many writers , from Aristotle on , the coherence of art is what separates it from life : " It was a little too pat , " notes Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep . " It had the austere simplicity of fiction ...
... experience more generally . For many writers , from Aristotle on , the coherence of art is what separates it from life : " It was a little too pat , " notes Philip Marlowe in The Big Sleep . " It had the austere simplicity of fiction ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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