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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... give up some of that freedom . Spe- cifically , once he or she has made certain initial decisions , any writer who wishes to communicate - even if he or she wishes to communicate ambiguity - has limited the range of subsequent choices ...
... give up some of that freedom . Spe- cifically , once he or she has made certain initial decisions , any writer who wishes to communicate - even if he or she wishes to communicate ambiguity - has limited the range of subsequent choices ...
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... give directions for their own decoding . But the phrase " give directions " is revealing . Every literary theoretician these days needs a governing metaphor about texts : text as seduction , text as fabric , text as abyss , text as ...
... give directions for their own decoding . But the phrase " give directions " is revealing . Every literary theoretician these days needs a governing metaphor about texts : text as seduction , text as fabric , text as abyss , text as ...
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... give us tongues for if He didn't want we should use them ? Only she 28. Wister , The Virginian ( New York : Macmillan , 1902 ) , 477 ( chap . 35 ) . 29. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov , " The Darling , " in Lady with Lapdog and Other Stories ...
... give us tongues for if He didn't want we should use them ? Only she 28. Wister , The Virginian ( New York : Macmillan , 1902 ) , 477 ( chap . 35 ) . 29. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov , " The Darling , " in Lady with Lapdog and Other Stories ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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