The Discourse of Reading Groups: Integrating Cognitive and Sociocultural Perspectives

by Paola Trimarco, Sara Whiteley, David Peplow, et al.

Of interest in their own terms as a significant cultural practice, reading groups also provide a window on the everyday interpretation of literary texts. While reading is often considered a solitary process, reading groups constitute a form of social reading, where interpretations are produced and displayed in discourse. The Discourse of Reading Groups is a study of such joint conceptual activity, and how this is necessarily embedded in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415729696
• ISBN13: 9780415729697
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"