LEADER 03021nam 2200469 450 001 9910796384103321 005 20230814232740.0 010 $a1-5036-0410-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781503604100 035 $a(CKB)3790000000538480 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5178043 035 $a(DE-B1597)564636 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781503604100 035 $a(OCoLC)1198931663 035 $a(EXLCZ)993790000000538480 100 $a20180109h20182018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe gist of reading /$fAndrew Elfenbein 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford University Press,$d2018. 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (256 pages) 311 0 $a1-5036-0256-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tINTRODUCTION. INTERDISCIPLINARITY: I, Too, Dislike It --$tCHAPTER 1. DOING WHAT COMES AUTOMATICALLY --$tCHAPTER 2. THREE READERS READING --$tCHAPTER 3. READING ON- AND OFFLINE --$tCHAPTER 4. HARD READING --$tCHAPTER 5. EASY READING --$tCHAPTER 6. THAT?S ENTERTAINMENT? --$tCHAPTER 7. ON INFLUENCE --$tCONCLUSION. ON METHODOLOGY --$tNOTES --$tINDEX 330 $aWhat happens to books as they live in our long-term memory? Why do we find some books entertaining and others not? And how does literary influence work on writers in different ways? Grounded in the findings of empirical psychology, this book amends classic reader-response theory and attends to neglected aspects of reading that cannot be explained by traditional literary criticism. Reading arises from a combination of two kinds of mental work: automatic and controlled processes. Automatic processes, such as the ability to see visual symbols as words, are the result of constant practice; controlled processes, such as predicting what might occur next in a story, arise from readers' conscious use of skills and background knowledge. When we read, automatic and controlled processes work together to create the "gist" of reading, the constant interplay between these two kinds of processes. Andrew Elfenbein not only explains how we read today, but also uses current knowledge about reading to consider readers of past centuries, arguing that understanding gist is central to interpreting the social, psychological, and political impact of literary works. The result is the first major revisionary account of reading practices in literary criticism since the 1970s. 606 $aBooks and reading$xPsychological aspects 606 $aBooks and reading$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aBooks and reading$xPsychological aspects. 615 0$aBooks and reading$xHistory 676 $a028/.9 700 $aElfenbein$b Andrew$0775064 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796384103321 996 $aThe gist of reading$93744288 997 $aUNINA