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 kinds of details , and that thus help us ... signification . These are the rules that tell us how to recast or symbolize or draw the significance from the ...
... rules , shared by readers and writers alike , that give priority to certain kinds of details , and that thus help us ... signification . These are the rules that tell us how to recast or symbolize or draw the significance from the ...
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... Rules of signification are vast in number , and teachers probably have more trouble teaching their students to understand them than teaching them other kinds of rules . It is perhaps for this reason that so much literary criticism is ...
... Rules of signification are vast in number , and teachers probably have more trouble teaching their students to understand them than teaching them other kinds of rules . It is perhaps for this reason that so much literary criticism is ...
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... rules of action , though , are much more complex than the rules of ... signification allow us to determine the meaning of an event by moving from ... signification value , are in- herently amusing , or are intentional red herrings . Like ...
... rules of action , though , are much more complex than the rules of ... signification allow us to determine the meaning of an event by moving from ... signification value , are in- herently amusing , or are intentional red herrings . Like ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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