The Art of Sympathy in Fiction : forms of ethical and emotional persuasion

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The Art of Sympathy in Fiction : forms of ethical and emotional persuasion

Title remainder

forms of ethical and emotional persuasion

Statement of responsibility

Howard Sklar

Creator

• Sklar, Howard, 1959-

Subject

• Books and reading
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Literature and morals
• Sympathy in literature
• American fiction -- History and criticism

Genre

• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

"By taking an interdisciplinary approach -- with methods drawn from narratology, aesthetics, social psychology, education, and the empirical study of literature -- The Art of Sympathy in Fiction will interest scholars in a variety of fields. Its focus is the sympathetic effects of stories, and the possible ways these feelings can contribute to what has been called the "moral imagination." Part I examines the dynamics of readers' beliefs regarding fictional characters and the influence of those impressions on the emotions that readers experience. The book then turns its attention to sympathy, providing a comprehensive definition and considering the ways in which it operates in life and in literature. Part I concludes with a discussion of the narratological and rhetorical features of fictional narratives that theoretically elicit sympathy in readers. Part II applies these theories to four stories that persuade readers to sympathize with characters who seem unsympathetic. Finally, based on empirical findings from the responses of adolescent readers, Part III considers pedagogical approaches that can help students reflect on emotional experiences that result from reading fiction."--Publisher's website

Member of

• Linguistic approaches to literature, v. 15

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813.009/353

Index

index present

LC call number

PS374.S97

LC item number

S57 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Linguistic Approaches to Literature,

Series volume

v. 15