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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... possible in the first place.28 Note , however , that I speak here of discovery , not creation . The notion of reading as authorial au- dience is closer to what Steven Mailloux calls " textual realism " ( the belief that " meaning - full ...
... possible in the first place.28 Note , however , that I speak here of discovery , not creation . The notion of reading as authorial au- dience is closer to what Steven Mailloux calls " textual realism " ( the belief that " meaning - full ...
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... possible irony of the sentence . The most we can say here is that tense shifts may be used in numerous ways , but that their presence alerts the reader to a possible change in source . The Wright passage , of course , does not begin to ...
... possible irony of the sentence . The most we can say here is that tense shifts may be used in numerous ways , but that their presence alerts the reader to a possible change in source . The Wright passage , of course , does not begin to ...
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... possible only if there are at least some points at which the novel's inner world - the world of the narrative audience - is congruent with the world of the authorial audience . Take , for instance , Robbe - Grillet's Erasers . It is an ...
... possible only if there are at least some points at which the novel's inner world - the world of the narrative audience - is congruent with the world of the authorial audience . Take , for instance , Robbe - Grillet's Erasers . It is an ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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