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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792072503321

Autore

Sklar Howard <1959->

Titolo

The art of sympathy in fiction [[electronic resource] ] : forms of ethical and emotional persuasion / / Howard Sklar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013

ISBN

1-299-24102-6

90-272-7220-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Linguistic approaches to literature, , 1569-3112 ; ; v. 15

Disciplina

813.009/353

Soggetti

American fiction - History and criticism

Sympathy in literature

Literature and morals

Books and reading

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Sympathy and narrative : theoretical assumptions -- pt. 2. Literary critical and empirical case studies -- pt. 3. Sympathy in the classroom.

Sommario/riassunto

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