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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... social , psy- chological , and historical causes - without any reference to au- thorial intention . But if — and only if - the critic works through an authorial reading of the text , the scope of this political analysis can be enlarged ...
... social , psy- chological , and historical causes - without any reference to au- thorial intention . But if — and only if - the critic works through an authorial reading of the text , the scope of this political analysis can be enlarged ...
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... social context in which Ibsen expected the play to be produced , the action itself was shock- ing , even though it may seem less so now . In contrast , a contempo- rary American reader of Chekhov's " Lady with the Dog , " living in a social ...
... social context in which Ibsen expected the play to be produced , the action itself was shock- ing , even though it may seem less so now . In contrast , a contempo- rary American reader of Chekhov's " Lady with the Dog , " living in a social ...
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... social revolu- tion , Christie , for instance , puts fear to rest by insisting that evil is individual in nature and can therefore be uprooted without social change by a single competent person . As Stephen Knight puts it , the ...
... social revolu- tion , Christie , for instance , puts fear to rest by insisting that evil is individual in nature and can therefore be uprooted without social change by a single competent person . As Stephen Knight puts it , the ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
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