Psychonarratology

Foundations for the Empirical Study of Literary Response
2010
ISBN: 978-0-521-00913-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 318 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

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 Empirical evidence is presented on each problem, much of it previously unpublished.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bortolussi, Marisa

Dixon, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.