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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we should consider a woman the guilty party . Indeed , there seems to be a rule precisely to the contrary , one sufficiently strong to enable Agatha Christie to base an entire novel ( I will not spoil it by telling you which one ) on ...
we should consider a woman the guilty party . Indeed , there seems to be a rule precisely to the contrary , one sufficiently strong to enable Agatha Christie to base an entire novel ( I will not spoil it by telling you which one ) on ...
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our polarized view of woman . In our culture , we have a number of categories in which to place women , but they tend to fall into pairs of binary oppositions : madonna / whore , good girl / bad girl , vic- tim / villain .
our polarized view of woman . In our culture , we have a number of categories in which to place women , but they tend to fall into pairs of binary oppositions : madonna / whore , good girl / bad girl , vic- tim / villain .
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In order to make sure that her novel has no such ambiguity , Barnes focuses on a woman who is bland to her very core , and thus shows that the ungifted woman is crushed by social inequities , too , simply be- cause she is a woman .
In order to make sure that her novel has no such ambiguity , Barnes focuses on a woman who is bland to her very core , and thus shows that the ungifted woman is crushed by social inequities , too , simply be- cause she is a woman .
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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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