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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Last sentences , of course , cannot serve to focus a reading experi- ence ( at least , not an initial reading experience ) . But they do often serve to scaffold our retrospective interpretation of the book . The final image of Dashiell ...
Last sentences , of course , cannot serve to focus a reading experi- ence ( at least , not an initial reading experience ) . But they do often serve to scaffold our retrospective interpretation of the book . The final image of Dashiell ...
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33 The syntactic device " that was when " serves to inform us that this is the important point of departure . ... Yet it is curious how often it can serve to answer interpretive disputes by supporting one read- ing over another .
33 The syntactic device " that was when " serves to inform us that this is the important point of departure . ... Yet it is curious how often it can serve to answer interpretive disputes by supporting one read- ing over another .
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61 Still others serve as predictors and help us deter- mine the narrative's configuration . These will be discussed in more detail in Chapter 4 . ( 3 ) Beyond the realism rule and the use of maxims and gener- alizations , authors also ...
61 Still others serve as predictors and help us deter- mine the narrative's configuration . These will be discussed in more detail in Chapter 4 . ( 3 ) Beyond the realism rule and the use of maxims and gener- alizations , authors also ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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| Titolo | Before Reading: Narrative Conventions and the Politics of Interpretation Cornell paperbacks Literary theory The Ohio State University Press Open Access Initiative |
| Autore | Peter J. Rabinowitz |
| Editore | Cornell University Press, 1987 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 23 feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0801420105, 9780801420108 |
| Lunghezza | 249 pagine |
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