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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Some are sociological : at least one critic has argued convincingly that The Turn of the Screw makes proper sense only to a reader who knows something about the conduct deemed proper to governesses in the nineteenth century.14 Some ...
Some are sociological : at least one critic has argued convincingly that The Turn of the Screw makes proper sense only to a reader who knows something about the conduct deemed proper to governesses in the nineteenth century.14 Some ...
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Given the subject matter of the story , the most appropriate resolution would be to have one of the suitors turn out to ... When Knighton turns out to be the villain , then , the reader starting off from this romance premise experiences ...
Given the subject matter of the story , the most appropriate resolution would be to have one of the suitors turn out to ... When Knighton turns out to be the villain , then , the reader starting off from this romance premise experiences ...
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I turn to the cocktail waitress and order a Tequila Sunrise . I watch the Filipino puff his cigar . I smile at the pit boss . I'm not even looking as the croupier calls out the number 13 and places his pyramid on top of my bet .
I turn to the cocktail waitress and order a Tequila Sunrise . I watch the Filipino puff his cigar . I smile at the pit boss . I'm not even looking as the croupier calls out the number 13 and places his pyramid on top of my bet .
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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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