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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... interpretation can avoid leaving out as much as it takes in " and " that everything in the text means or ought to be ... Interpretation . " Even Jane Tompkins - while self - consciously aware that her " contextual reading " of Wieland is ...
... interpretation can avoid leaving out as much as it takes in " and " that everything in the text means or ought to be ... Interpretation . " Even Jane Tompkins - while self - consciously aware that her " contextual reading " of Wieland is ...
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... interpretation . As a general rule , we approach a book with the expectation that we should formulate an interpretation to which the title is in fact appropriate . This retrospective process of in- terpreting a completed book will be ...
... interpretation . As a general rule , we approach a book with the expectation that we should formulate an interpretation to which the title is in fact appropriate . This retrospective process of in- terpreting a completed book will be ...
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... Interpretation . Chicago : University of Chi- cago Press , 1976 . " The Politics of Theories of Interpretation . " Critical Inquiry 9 ( Sep- tember 1982 ) : 235-47 . Validity in Interpretation . New Haven : Yale University Press , 1967 ...
... Interpretation . Chicago : University of Chi- cago Press , 1976 . " The Politics of Theories of Interpretation . " Critical Inquiry 9 ( Sep- tember 1982 ) : 235-47 . Validity in Interpretation . New Haven : Yale University Press , 1967 ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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