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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... textual realism " ( the belief that " meaning - full texts exist independent of interpreta- tion " ) than to what he calls " readerly idealism " ( the belief that " meaning is made , not found , " since " textual facts are never prior ...
... textual realism " ( the belief that " meaning - full texts exist independent of interpreta- tion " ) than to what he calls " readerly idealism " ( the belief that " meaning is made , not found , " since " textual facts are never prior ...
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... textual disjunctures , permitting us to repair apparent inconsistencies by transforming them into metaphors , subtleties , and ironies . Even deconstructive readings , which widen rather than bridge textual gaps , often find some over ...
... textual disjunctures , permitting us to repair apparent inconsistencies by transforming them into metaphors , subtleties , and ironies . Even deconstructive readings , which widen rather than bridge textual gaps , often find some over ...
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... textual features unite it with another known textual pattern , then that pattern can legit- imately be treated as an appropriate " name " for the artifact in question . The more features that can be subsumed under this name , the more ...
... textual features unite it with another known textual pattern , then that pattern can legit- imately be treated as an appropriate " name " for the artifact in question . The more features that can be subsumed under this name , the more ...
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Beyond ReadingsBefore Reading | 1 |
Starting Points | 15 |
Rules of Notice | 47 |
Copyright | |
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