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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450528003321

Autore

Bortolussi Marisa

Titolo

Psychonarratology : foundations for the empirical study of literary response / / Marisa Bortolussi, Peter Dixon [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003

ISBN

1-107-13097-2

1-280-41905-9

0-511-18096-9

1-139-14730-7

0-511-06367-9

0-511-05734-2

0-511-30803-5

0-511-50010-6

0-511-07213-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

808/.001/9

Soggetti

Narration (Rhetoric)

Literature - Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Preliminaries; 3 The Narrator; 4 Events and Plot; 5 Characters and Characterization; 6 Perception and Focalization; 7 Represented Speech and Thought; 8 Directions and Unsolved Problems; Appendix Evaluating Evidence; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Psychonarratology is an approach to the empirical study of literary response and the processing of narrative. It draws on the empirical methodology of cognitive psychology and discourse processing as well as the theoretical insights and conceptual analysis of literary studies, particularly narratology. The present work provides a conceptual and empirical basis for this interdisciplinary approach that is accessible to researchers from either disciplinary background. An integrative review



is presented of the classic problems in narratology: the status of the narrator, events and plot, characters and characterization, speech and thought, and focalization. For each area, Bortolussi and Dixon critique the state of the art in narratology and literary studies, discuss relevant work in cognitive psychology, and provide a new analytical framework based on the insight that readers treat the narrator as a conversational participant. Empirical evidence is presented on each problem, much of it previously unpublished.