Reading Texts: Introduction to Strategies of Interpretation - Softcover

Zadworna-Fjellestad, Danuta; Wikborg, Eleanor; Fjellestad, Danuta

 
9788200226963: Reading Texts: Introduction to Strategies of Interpretation

Synopsis

Both explicit and implicit messages of texts are rooted in cultural assumptions. This book focuses on closing the gap between students' own attempts to interpret given texts and the often baffling sophistication of published interpretations. The book covers currently debated issues of interpretation such as gender, ideology, intertextuality, narrative aspects of history, interpretive constraints, and the question of value. It is primarily designed for use in introductory courses in textual analysis or literary interpretation at the undergraduate level.

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