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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... genre requires . Indeed , the whole notion of cause and effect in literature is radi- cally genre bound . What is relevant to our ability to foresee textual turns is less our knowledge of what certain conditions lead to in reality than ...
... genre requires . Indeed , the whole notion of cause and effect in literature is radi- cally genre bound . What is relevant to our ability to foresee textual turns is less our knowledge of what certain conditions lead to in reality than ...
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... genre terms : a " ghost story . " But critics do not always follow through on the implications of this terminology . For if we take this usage seriously , it suggests that genres can be seen not only in the traditional way as patterns ...
... genre terms : a " ghost story . " But critics do not always follow through on the implications of this terminology . For if we take this usage seriously , it suggests that genres can be seen not only in the traditional way as patterns ...
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... genre's basic rule of notice that virtually any detail can turn out to be important ; it also calls on us to use the genre's familiar rules of configuration to put together such elements as a murder , a false suspect , a detective , and ...
... genre's basic rule of notice that virtually any detail can turn out to be important ; it also calls on us to use the genre's familiar rules of configuration to put together such elements as a murder , a false suspect , a detective , and ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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