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When Fiction Feels Real: Representation and the Reading Mind,Used
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Why do readers claim that fictional worlds feel real? How can certain literary characters seem capable of leading lives of their own, outside the stories in which they appear? What makes the experience of reading a novel uniquely pleasurable and what do readers lose when this experience comes to an end? Since their first publication, nineteenthcentury realist novels like Pride and Prejudice and Anna Karenina have inspired readers to describe literary experience as gaining access to vibrant fictional worlds and becoming friends with fictional characters. While this effect continues to be central to the experience of reading realist fiction and later works in this tradition, the capacity for novels to evoke persons and places in a readers mind has often been taken for granted and even dismissed as a naive phenomenon unworthy of critical attention.When Fiction Feels Real provides literary studies with new tools for thinking about the phenomenology of reading by bringing narrative techniques into conversation with psychological research on reading and cognition. Through close readings of classic novels by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Leo Tolstoy, and the elegies of Thomas Hardy, Elaine Auyoung reveals what nineteenthcentury writers know about how reading works. Building on wellestablished research on the mind, Auyoung exposes the underpinnings of the seemingly impossible achievement of realist fiction, introducing new perspectives on narrative theory, mimesis, and fictionality. When Fiction Feels Real changes the way we think about literary language, realist aesthetics, and the reading process, opening up a new field of inquiry centered on the relationship between fictional representation and comprehension.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main theme of 'When Fiction Feels Real'? A: The main theme of 'When Fiction Feels Real' explores how readers perceive fictional worlds as real and the psychological and narrative techniques that contribute to this experience.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'When Fiction Feels Real' is Elaine Auyoung.
- Q: What genre does this book belong to? A: 'When Fiction Feels Real' falls under the category of Criticism & Theory, focusing on literary studies and the phenomenology of reading.
- Q: How many pages does the book have? A: 'When Fiction Feels Real' contains 176 pages.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: This book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: When was 'When Fiction Feels Real' published? A: 'When Fiction Feels Real' was published on October 1, 2021.
- Q: What are the key literary works discussed in this book? A: The book includes close readings of classic novels by authors such as Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Leo Tolstoy.
- Q: Does the book address psychological aspects of reading? A: Yes, 'When Fiction Feels Real' connects narrative techniques with psychological research on reading and cognition.
- Q: Is this book suitable for academic study? A: Yes, this book provides new tools for literary studies and is suitable for those interested in the relationship between fiction and comprehension.
- Q: What insights does the book offer about realism in literature? A: 'When Fiction Feels Real' offers insights into how nineteenth-century writers understood the reading process and the unique pleasures of realist fiction.