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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... Coherence Basic Rules of Configuration Rules of Undermining Rules of Balance : Focus Rules of Balance : Action 5 The Austere Simplicity of Fiction : Rules of Coherence The Nature of Coherence License to Fill Rules of Surplus Rules of ...
... Coherence Basic Rules of Configuration Rules of Undermining Rules of Balance : Focus Rules of Balance : Action 5 The Austere Simplicity of Fiction : Rules of Coherence The Nature of Coherence License to Fill Rules of Surplus Rules of ...
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... rule and then intentionally undermines our expectations . Readers apply rules of coherence , in contrast , to the work as a completed totality ( even though , of course , the rules have to be learned before the reading begins ) ...
... rule and then intentionally undermines our expectations . Readers apply rules of coherence , in contrast , to the work as a completed totality ( even though , of course , the rules have to be learned before the reading begins ) ...
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... coherence is more usefully discussed as an ac- tivity by readers rather than a property of texts , I am not arguing that the coherence that results is unintended by the author . The conventions by which we make novels ... Rules of Coherence.
... coherence is more usefully discussed as an ac- tivity by readers rather than a property of texts , I am not arguing that the coherence that results is unintended by the author . The conventions by which we make novels ... Rules of Coherence.
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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