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Empathy and the strangeness of fiction : readings in French realism /
This book studies recent psychological findings which suggest that reading fiction cultivates empathy, encouraging us to be critically reflective, suspicious readers as well as participatory, 'na ve' readers. Scott draws on literary theory and close readings to argue that engagement with f...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press Ltd,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Does reading fiction boost empathy? Psychological approaches; 2. Literary approaches to empathy; 3. Fictional strangers and the strangeness of fiction; 4. Balzac: the limits of transparency and the dangers of opacity; 5. Stendhal and the two opposing demands; 6. Sand and the necessity of suspicion; 7. Towards an empathetic ethics of fiction-reading; Bibliography; Index.