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Reading for learning : cognitive approaches to children's literature /

How does reading fiction affect young people? How can they transfer fictional experience into real life? Why do they care about fictional characters? How does fiction enhance young people's sense of self-hood? Supported by cognitive psychology and brain research, this ground-breaking book is th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nikolajeva, Maria (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]
Colección:Children's literature, culture, and cognition ; v. 3.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How does reading fiction affect young people? How can they transfer fictional experience into real life? Why do they care about fictional characters? How does fiction enhance young people's sense of self-hood? Supported by cognitive psychology and brain research, this ground-breaking book is the first study of young readers' cognitive and emotional engagement with fiction. It explores how fiction stimulates perception, attention, imagination and other cognitive activity, and opens radically new ways of thinking about literature for young readers. Examining a wide range of texts for a young aud.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 247 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027269959
9027269955
9781306841900
1306841909
ISSN:2212-9006 ;