The psychology and sociology of literature : in honor of Elrud Ibsch /

The psychology and sociology of literature : in honor of Elrud Ibsch / edited by Dick Schram, Gerard Steen. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2001. - 1 online resource (vi, 478 pages) : illustrations - Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature, v. 35 0167-8175 ; . - Utrecht publications in general and comparative literature ; v. 35. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

empirical study of literature: Psychology, sociology, and other disciplines / Literary creativity / Qualitative methods in studying text reception / Agency, plot, and a structural affect theory of literary story comprehension / Time in narrative comprehension: A cognitive perspective / Old readers: Slow readers or expert readers? / What we know about reading poetry: Theoretical positions and empirical research / renaissance perspective on the empirical study of literature: An example from psychophysiology / rhetoric of metaphor: Conceptual and linguistic metaphor and the psychology of literature / Irony and its discontent / Psychoanalysts and daydreaming / Back from the grave: Reinstating the catharsis concept in the psychology of reception / How to make alle Menschen Bruder: Literature in a multicultural and multiform society / "Sad autumn" and cultural representations: A comparative study of Japanese and Israeli "autumn" / fragmentation of the media audience / Bypassing the author: Two examples of reading interactive stories / Readers and readings behavior in the past: The question is: What is the question? / empirical study of careers in literature and the arts / Stories and social structure: A structural perspective on literature in society / Quotations expressing the valuative stands of literary reviewers / Dick Schram / Gerard Steen -- Norbert Groeben -- Margrit Schreier -- Arthur C. Graesser / Bianca Klettke -- Rolf A. Zwaan / Robert A. Stanfield / Carol J. Madden -- Katinka Dijkstra -- David Ian Hanauer -- Johan F. Hoorn -- Gerard Steen -- Rachel Giora -- Willie van Peer / Ingrid Stoeger -- Brigitte Scheele -- Jemeljan Hakemulder -- Ziva Ben-Porat -- Kees van Rees / Koen van Eijck -- Sarita Dev / Ed Tan -- Jose de Kruif / Joost Kloek -- Susanne Janssen -- Wouter de Nooy -- Hugo Verdaasdonk. Machine generated contents note:

The Psychology and Sociology of Literature is a collection of 25 chapters on literature by some of the leading psychologists, sociologists, and literary scholars in the field of the empirical study of literature. Contributors include Ziva Ben-Porat, Gerry Cupchik, Art Graesser, Rachel Giora, Norbert Groeben, Colin Martindale, David Miall, Willie van Peer, Kees van Rees, Siegfried Schmidt, Hugo Verdaasdonk, and Rolf Zwaan. Topics include literature and the reading process; the role of poetic language, metaphor, and irony; cathartic and Freudian effects; literature and creativity; the car.

1588110249 (US) 9781588110244 (US) 902722224X (Eur.) 9789027222244 (Eur.) 9789027297181 (electronic bk.) 9027297185 (electronic bk.)




Literature--History and criticism.
Littérature--Histoire et critique.
TRAVEL--Special Interest--Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
Literature.
Empirische literatuurwetenschap.


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