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Rabinowitz, Peter J. – 1997
Asking how what an individual knows shapes the ways in which he or she reads, this book starts from the premise that any productive theory of narrative must take into account the presuppositions the reader brings to the text. The book explores how prior knowledge of literary conventions influences the processes of interpretation and evaluation. It…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Discourse Analysis, Hermeneutics, Interpretive Skills
