Sikora, S., Kuiken, D., & Miall, D. S. (2011). Expressive reading. A phenomenological study of readers' experience of Coleridge's The rime of he ancient mariner. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 5, 258-268.
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Harvard Law School NewsHalley receives lifetime achievement award for work in law and humanities Harvard Law School News "Janet's original and provocative work bridges the worlds of law and literary criticism. 
W&L prof finds reading enhances empathy Staunton News Leader LEXINGTON - A study by a Washington and Lee University psychology professor has showed reading a short work of fiction can lead readers to empathize with the work's characters, to detect subtle... How and why politicians structure their life stories. 
There are at least 793 MILLION people in the world today who cannot read; of those, about 539 million are women. LitWorld seeks to change that by using stories to support experiences of reading & writing among the world's ... 
Why Literary Criticism Is Dead. By admin | Published: February 20, 2012. Via OF Blog of the Fallen, a poignant quote from Dubravka Ugresic, author of Karaoke Culture, on : Criticism has changed. Today no one dares set out the differences ... 
What is the purpose of literary study itself at this moment in time, post-9/11 and Iraq, in an era of global warming skepticism and economic collapse? In other words, we are talking about a historical shift in the history of literary criticism. As Eve Sedgwick and Bruno Latour suggest in distinct but complementary ways, we came to the past decade armed with subtle critiques of the invisible machinations of power in liberalism only to be surprised by the very overt, visible, and spectacular methods of power in the War on Terror or, conversely, how the Arab Spring united traditional protest (that is, bodies on the line) with the networking capabilities of new technologies. 
Children's books needn't be just about gollywogs and fairytale figures or good versus bad men.
They can be poignant stories of children finding ingenious ways to survive in a world torn by natural and manmade disasters, of fighting abusive alcoholic fathers, of picking up the pieces after a world shattered by terrorism, of finding solace and experiencing catharsis by riding along with the author on a journey of hope, page after page. 
amid all the compliments that I have received about standing up for freedom of expression in India, maybe I was doing something more humble and honest. I was trying to restore a sense of balance to my own personal practice of literary criticism. 
It got me thinking about the DIY nature of Fictions of Every Kind. When Sam & I started Fictions of Every Kind in September 2010, I don't think it occurred to either of us to try and run it in anything other than a 100% DIY way. 
New Scientist (blog) Dangerous ideas on screen A Dangerous Method, the latest film from director David Cronenberg, explores the complex relationship between two men who helped shape 20th century thinking: Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender). 
It is part of a more critical, and sometimes contradictory, discussion by Wallace about not just the nature of fiction, but its function and dynamic within the (primarily American) literary imagination. 
Scientific American What Frank Herbert's Dune Can Teach Us About the Power of Positive Thinking io9 I'm about to make an embarrassing (to science fiction fans) confession: until last week, I had never read Dune. 
How our brains respond when reading story: An overview of the psychology of reading fiction |
Tech Centra lEnhanced e-books: truly moving literature Tech Central The enhanced edition of George RR Martin's fantasy epic Game of Thrones links the names of characters to a glossary of clans and furnishes a one-touch map; Ken Follett's Fall of Giants... 
Windy City Times Between the covers Windy City Times I am often asked how I approach lesbian literature being that I am a man, and here is where I have to tip my hat to a graduate course in feminist literary criticism, where I learned that men and... 
Annapolis Capital This class bites: Students sink teeth into vampire books Annapolis Capital By Joshua McKerrow — The Capital Jaque Lyman is teaching a class on vampire literature this semester at Anne Arundel Community College. 
The million-fold increase in computing power over the last few decades has made possible types of quantitative analysis that were previously available only to r (David Auerbach, in an interesting addendum to his fine piece on computers for n+1, lambasts... 
Murder, Corruption And Cover-Ups In 'Bloodland' New Hampshire Public Radio Glynn says what interests him is the psychology of the powerful characters on his pages. "Characters which, on the surface ... 
One of the best ways is through character archetypes. Archetypes are types of characters who appear over and over again in literature, theater, and film. Writers have been using archetypes for thousands of years much in the same way we use ... 
Parade Magazine Madeleine Stowe's 'Revenge' and the Return of Nighttime Soaps Parade Magazine Soapy dramas featuring plump-pocketed characters are rocking the ratings and multiplying fast. 
In the epilogue for Fargo Rock City, Chuck Klosterman writes: "It's always been my theory that criticism is really just veiled autobiography; whenever someone writes about a piece of art, they're really just writing about themselves." Having read countless essays and articles that fall into the category of criticism, I hold a great respect for this field of writing. For the most part, critics promote interest in art and literature, and feeling the need to defend their work, I would have liked to heartily disagree with Klosterman because I believe he is intending to insult critics, although I cannot be sure since his statement is taken out of context. As it is, I can only mostly disagree. 
The Express Tribune Urdu and Beyond: How not to limit the poet, writer or language to an ideology The Express Tribune “Literature is not a representation but a creation,” he said. 
SF Weekly (blog) Hotel in a Bottle Performance Mimics Murikami's Literature, Takes Us to "the ...SF Weekly (blog) Rather than being based on a particular character or storyline, the work as a whole captures the essence of Murakami's literary landscape. 
Maybe cognitive friction in our reading experiences -- be it in typeface choice or annotation mechanism -- is a good thing. 
Images created using law enforcement composite sketch software and descriptions of literary characters. All interesting suggestions considered. Include descriptive passages if you can. *NB The program... |
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