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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When Knighton turns out to be the villain , then , the reader starting off from this romance premise experiences something quite different from the surprise that the detective reader experiences : a satisfy- ing , Austenesque ...
When Knighton turns out to be the villain , then , the reader starting off from this romance premise experiences something quite different from the surprise that the detective reader experiences : a satisfy- ing , Austenesque ...
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No experienced reader should be surprised when Flora in turn is abducted , raped , and murdered - especially given the racist prem- ises of the novel . The only surprise is that Dixon dilutes the poten- tial pleasure of the pattern he ...
No experienced reader should be surprised when Flora in turn is abducted , raped , and murdered - especially given the racist prem- ises of the novel . The only surprise is that Dixon dilutes the poten- tial pleasure of the pattern he ...
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Alternatively , this rule can be invoked and not fulfilled in order to surprise . Only if Austen's readers apply this rule can her failure to provide the promised complications have the intended comic effect : Elfrida had an intimate ...
Alternatively , this rule can be invoked and not fulfilled in order to surprise . Only if Austen's readers apply this rule can her failure to provide the promised complications have the intended comic effect : Elfrida had an intimate ...
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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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