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. |
Dall'interno del libro
Risultati 1-3 di 23
Pagina 56
... stress as well . Todd's dis- covery itself , for instance , is printed partly in italics . Changes in typeface help guide the reader's attention in Horace McCoy's They Shoot Horses , Don't They ? just as Manuel Puig's use of typography ...
... stress as well . Todd's dis- covery itself , for instance , is printed partly in italics . Changes in typeface help guide the reader's attention in Horace McCoy's They Shoot Horses , Don't They ? just as Manuel Puig's use of typography ...
Pagina 70
... stress - that is , unless they are given specifically formulaic emphases . ( Thus , as I have suggested , the fireside chat of the detective story is stressed because that is precisely its for- mulaic purpose - to point out an event ...
... stress - that is , unless they are given specifically formulaic emphases . ( Thus , as I have suggested , the fireside chat of the detective story is stressed because that is precisely its for- mulaic purpose - to point out an event ...
Pagina 79
... stressed so often , it is only the most naive reader who makes gross errors on this score - who confuses Jason with ... stress - the furors surrounding the publications of Madame Bovary and Lolita , for instance - such niceties are ...
... stressed so often , it is only the most naive reader who makes gross errors on this score - who confuses Jason with ... stress - the furors surrounding the publications of Madame Bovary and Lolita , for instance - such niceties are ...
Sommario
Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
7 sezioni non visualizzate
Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto
Before Reading: Narrative Conventions and the Politics of Interpretation Peter J. Rabinowitz Visualizzazione estratti - 1998 |
Before Reading: Narrative Conventions and the Politics of Interpretation Peter J. Rabinowitz Visualizzazione estratti - 1987 |
Parole e frasi comuni
action activities actual American appears apply appropriate argue assume assumptions attention authorial audience begin believe calls canon Chandler chap chapter character claim coherence common configuration consequences context conventions course Criticism culture depends detective story determine discussion effect especially expect experience fact fiction final follow Gatsby genre give given happen important instance intended interpretation kind knowledge least less limited literary literature look meaning narrative narrative audience narrator notes notice novel once opening particular pattern perspective plot political popular position possible practice problem puts question readers reading reason references Rhetoric rules seems sense serve shared Similarly simply social specific story strategies stress structure suggested surprise tell tend Theory things tion traditional trans treat true turn understanding University Press writing York