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Affective narratology : the emotional structure of stories /

Stories engage our emotions. We've known this at least since the days of Plato and Aristotle. What this book helps us to understand now is how our own emotions fundamentally organize and orient stories. In light of recent cognitive research and wide reading in different narrative traditions, Pa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hogan, Patrick Colm (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2011]
Colección:Frontiers of narrative.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a passion for plot
  • Before stories : emotional time and Anna Karenina
  • Stories and works : from ancient Egypt to postmodernism
  • Universal narrative prototypes : sacrifice, heroism, and romantic love
  • Cross-cultural minor genres : attachment, lust, revenge, and criminal justice
  • Afterword : stories and the training of sensibility.