ENG287H1- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 20 pages long!)
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Reading as understanding text: gervais asks, what forms of reading are electronic and digitalized texts generating? . Reading paratexts: book history studies the creation, dissemination, reception, and use of script, print, and mediacy . The rainbow (1915) by d. h. lawrence: family saga format; following a family through generations; interested in birth, death, and marriage. The voyage out (1915) virginia woolf: critics had very different perceptions of woolf"s portrayal of her characters, paratext can emphasize particular aspects of a text and alter our understanding of a text"s author and characters. Is there a change in the impact on the reader: how do new media change the relationship b/w authors, publishers, and readers, now there are forms of interactive readership / texts. 1: videos of rob ford smoking crack are uncovered after having been deleted off a cellphone: ex. 2: 9/11, hard drives and employees lost, and institutional information.
