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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... rules , shared by readers and writers alike , that give priority to certain ... configuration . Certain clumps of literary features tend to occur together ... rules of configuration . As Barbara Herrnstein Smith's Poetic Closure dem ...
... rules , shared by readers and writers alike , that give priority to certain ... configuration . Certain clumps of literary features tend to occur together ... rules of configuration . As Barbara Herrnstein Smith's Poetic Closure dem ...
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... configuration and coherence respectively , and different sets of rules govern each . A reader applies previously learned rules of configuration while moving through the text . These rules are basically predictive - at least , on the ...
... configuration and coherence respectively , and different sets of rules govern each . A reader applies previously learned rules of configuration while moving through the text . These rules are basically predictive - at least , on the ...
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... rules of configuration allow us to answer the question , " How will this , in all probability , work out ? " while rules of coherence allow us to answer the question , " If it works out in that way , how will I account for this ...
... rules of configuration allow us to answer the question , " How will this , in all probability , work out ? " while rules of coherence allow us to answer the question , " If it works out in that way , how will I account for this ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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