Reading Fictions, Changing Minds

Name: Reading Fictions, Changing Minds
Brand: Universitätsverlag Winter
SKU: 9783825364182
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The Cognitive Value of Fiction

Автор: Vera Nünning

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Universitätsverlag Winter

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This book explores a phenomenon that has so far mainly been studied by psychologists and neuroscient...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Vera Nünning

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2014

страници

343

EAN

9783825364182

ISBN

3825364186

Enbook ID

09108123

Издател

Universitätsverlag Winter

Теглоt

406

Размери

140 x 212 x 20

Пълно описание

This book explores a phenomenon that has so far mainly been studied by psychologists and neuroscientists who are interested in how fictional stories can change readers beliefs and even improve their abilities to understand others. Reading Fictions, Changing Minds tries to redress the balance by combining concepts from narrative theory with insights from psychology in order to analyse why and how reading fictional narratives can enhance our cognitive abilities. In order to achieve a better understanding of the cognitive value of reading fiction, the book on the one hand applies concepts taken from psychology and the neurosciences to explore the cognitive potential of specific features of fictional stories. On the other hand, it uses insights from narrative theory to examine to what extent narrative is involved in making sense of human experiences. It is argued that engaging with fictional narratives can hone readers skills of understanding other human beings, improve their narrative competence and serve as a privileged means of social learning for adults.

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