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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As a general rule , if a reasonable number of textual features unite it with another known textual pattern , then that pattern can legit- imately be treated as an appropriate " name " for the artifact in question .
As a general rule , if a reasonable number of textual features unite it with another known textual pattern , then that pattern can legit- imately be treated as an appropriate " name " for the artifact in question .
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spicuously fail [ s ] to make a satisfying pattern . . . . [ The title is ] an ironic comment on this failure . " 8 Despite its humor , then , this novel about a frustrated search for coherence offers a despairing vision of a decentered ...
spicuously fail [ s ] to make a satisfying pattern . . . . [ The title is ] an ironic comment on this failure . " 8 Despite its humor , then , this novel about a frustrated search for coherence offers a despairing vision of a decentered ...
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As I have suggested , any trained academ- ic reader , by the nature of his or her education , is skilled in apply- ing rules of coherence , including rules of naming , and can thus find a pattern in virtually anything .
As I have suggested , any trained academ- ic reader , by the nature of his or her education , is skilled in apply- ing rules of coherence , including rules of naming , and can thus find a pattern in virtually anything .
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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Before Reading: Narrative Conventions and the Politics of Interpretation Peter J. Rabinowitz Visualizzazione estratti - 1998 |
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