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Empathy and the strangeness of fiction : readings in French realism
Le site de l'éditeur indique : "This book takes its point of departure in recent psychological findings which suggest that reading fiction cultivates empathy, including Theory of Mind. Scott draws on literary theory and close readings to argue that engagement with fictional stories also te...
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | Empathy and the strangeness of fiction : readings in French realism / Maria C. Scott |
| Publié : |
Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
, C 2020 |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (235 p.) |
| Sujets : |
- Does reading fiction boost empathy? Psychological approaches
- Literary approaches to empathy
- Fictional strangers and the strangeness of fiction
- Balzac : the limits of transparency and the dangers of opacity
- Stendhal and the two opposing demands
- Sand and the necessity of suspicion
- Towards an empathetic ethics of fiction-reading