The art of sympathy in fiction : forms of ethical and emotional persuasion /

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By taking an interdisciplinary approach - with methods drawn from narratology, aesthetics, social psychology, education, and the empirical study of literature - The Art of Sympathy in Fiction will interest scholars in a variety of fields. Its focus is the sympathetic effects of stories, and the poss...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Sklar, Howard
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.
Collection:Linguistic approaches to literature.
Sujets:
American fiction > History and criticism.
Sympathy in literature.
Literature and morals.
Books and reading.
Roman américain > Histoire et critique.
Sympathie dans la littérature.
Littérature et morale.
Livres et lecture.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American fiction
Books and reading
Literature and morals
Sympathy in literature
Languages.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:By taking an interdisciplinary approach - with methods drawn from narratology, aesthetics, social psychology, education, and the empirical study of literature - The Art of Sympathy in Fiction will interest scholars in a variety of fields. Its focus is the sympathetic effects of stories, and the possible ways these feelings can contribute to what has been called the "moral imagination." Part I examines the dynamics of readers' beliefs regarding fictional characters and the influence of those impressions on the emotions that readers experience. The book then turns its attention to sympath.
Description:8.1 Empiricism, interdisciplinarity and literary studies: Obstacles and opportunities.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (206 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027272201
9027272204
1299241026
9781299241022

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