24.1506, Books: The Art of Sympathy in Fiction: Sklar

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From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: The Art of Sympathy in Fiction: Sklar

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Title: The Art of Sympathy in Fiction 
Subtitle: Forms of ethical and emotional persuasion 
Series Title: Linguistic Approaches to Literature 15  

Publication Year: 2013 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/lal.15 


Author: Howard Sklar

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027272201 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027272201 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027272201 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027233509 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 104.94
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027233509 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027233509 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00


Abstract:

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 sympathy,
providing a comprehensive definition and considering the ways in which it
operates in life and in literature. Part I concludes with a discussion of the
narratological and rhetorical features of fictional narratives that
theoretically elicit sympathy in readers. Part II applies these theories to
four stories that persuade readers to sympathize with characters who seem
unsympathetic. Finally, based on empirical findings from the responses of
adolescent readers, Part III considers pedagogical approaches that can help
students reflect on emotional experiences that result from reading fiction.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Ling & Literature
                     Pragmatics
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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