Before Reading: Narrative Conventions and the Politics of InterpretationOverview: 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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Rules of Rupture Politics in the midst of imaginative concerns is like a pistol shot
in the middle of a concert . 35 We tend to skim over the even and the unbroken ;
disruptions attract our notice . This explains why we notice the pyramid rising ...
Rules of Rupture Politics in the midst of imaginative concerns is like a pistol shot
in the middle of a concert . 35 We tend to skim over the even and the unbroken ;
disruptions attract our notice . This explains why we notice the pyramid rising ...
Pagina 218
Of course , this failure to employ certain traditional rules of notice does not mean
that other kinds of notice have not taken their place . In a novel based on different
rules , however , crucial details may well be invisible to the reader without the ...
Of course , this failure to employ certain traditional rules of notice does not mean
that other kinds of notice have not taken their place . In a novel based on different
rules , however , crucial details may well be invisible to the reader without the ...
Pagina 247
Coherence , political bias in ; Configuration , political ( masculinist ) bias in ;
Detective stories , political implications of basic rules of ; Misreading , and
political pressures on reader ; Notice , political ( masculinist ) bias in ;
Signification , political ...
Coherence , political bias in ; Configuration , political ( masculinist ) bias in ;
Detective stories , political implications of basic rules of ; Misreading , and
political pressures on reader ; Notice , political ( masculinist ) bias in ;
Signification , political ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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