Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction

Oatley, Keith

ISBN 10: 1536643688 ISBN 13: 9781536643688

Verlag: AUDIBLE STUDIOS ON BRILLIANCE, 2017

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Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction explores how fiction works in the brains and imagination of both readers and writers.

• Demonstrates how reading fiction can contribute to a greater understanding of, and the ability to change, ourselves
• Informed by the latest psychological research which focuses on, for example, how identification with fictional characters occurs, and how literature can improve social abilities
• Explores traditional aspects of fiction, including character, plot, setting, and theme, as well as a number of classic techniques, such as metaphor, metonymy, defamiliarization, and cues
• Includes extensive end-notes, which ground the work in psychological studies
• Features excerpts from fiction, which are discussed throughout the text, including works by William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Kate Chopin, Anton Chekhov, James Baldwin, and others

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• Verlag: AUDIBLE STUDIOS ON BRILLIANCE
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1536643688
• ISBN 13: 9781536643688
• Einband: CD MP3