Download full text
(3.306Mb)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-88501-1
Exports for your reference manager
Powerful Prose: How Textual Features Impact Readers
[collection]
Abstract What makes a reading experience »powerful«? This volume brings together literary scholars, linguists, and empirical researchers who tackle the question by investigating the effects and reader responses generated by selected extracts of literary prose. The twelve contributions theorize this widely-us... view more
What makes a reading experience »powerful«? This volume brings together literary scholars, linguists, and empirical researchers who tackle the question by investigating the effects and reader responses generated by selected extracts of literary prose. The twelve contributions theorize this widely-used, but to date insufficiently studied notion, and provide insights into the therefore still mysterious-seeming power of literary fiction. The collection explores a variety of stylistic as well as readerly and psychological features responsible for short- and long-term effects - topics of great interest to those interested or specialized in literary studies and narratology, (cognitive) stylistics, empirical literary studies and reader response theory.... view less
Classification
Science of Literature, Linguistics
Free Keywords
Literature; Language; Culture; Literary Studies; Linguistics; Theory of Literature; Psychology; Englisch; Prosa; Leser; Gefühl; Dichtersprache
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
261 p.
Series
Lettre
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839458808
ISSN
2703-0148
ISBN
978-3-8394-5880-8
Status
Published Version; reviewed