التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: |
What is close reading? An exploration of a methodology. |
المؤلفون: |
Ohrvik, Ane |
المصدر: |
Rethinking History; Jun2024, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p238-260, 23p |
مصطلحات موضوعية: |
LITERARY explication, HERMENEUTICS, PARATEXT, CULTURAL history, MANUSCRIPTS |
مستخلص: |
What is close reading and what are the steps we take in close reading as a methodological approach? This article explores reading strategies and advocates for a more conscious close reading. Starting by tracing the hermeneutic heritage of close reading, and examining its development from the New Criticism movement onwards, it then describes the fundamental physical and cognitive aspects of reading as a distinct form of analytic attentiveness. Three methodological steps are delineated, discussed, and exemplified through the author's close reading practices. By employing a paratextual lens to the close reading of manuscripts from the Early Modern period, the article demonstrates how theoretically informed readings, such as the paratextual perspective, enhance the reading process and deepen our understanding of historical conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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