Seduction of Fiction

A Plea for Putting Emotions Back into Literary Interpretation

AvJean-François Vernay

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

By meshing psychology with literary analysis, this book inspires us to view the reading of fictional works as an emotional and seductive affair between reader and writer. Arguing that current teaching practices have contributed to the current decline in the study of literature, Jean-François Vernay’s plea brings a refreshing perspective by seeking new directions and conceptual tools to highlight the value of literature. Interdisciplinary in focus and relevant to timely discussions of the vitality between emotion and literary studies, particularly within the contexts of psychology, affect studies, and cognitive studies, this book will open up a space in which the formation of our emotions can be openly examined and discussed.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-10-12
Mått:148 x 210 x 14 mm
Vikt:294 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism
Antal sidor:96
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319394527
Översättare:Carolyne Lee

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Jean-François Vernay has published extensively in the field of Literary Studies both in French and in English. His books, Water from the Moon: Illusion and Reality in the Works of Australian Novelist Christopher Koch and A Brief Take on the Australian Novel, focus on Australian fiction.Carolyne Lee is a Senior Fellow in the School of Culture & Communication at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She has published four books, the latest being Our Very Own Adventure.

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“As a review of key discussions about three main points of literary triangle consisting of the writer, text and reader, the book is highly recommended to both students and teachers of literature.” (Nataša Kampmark, TEXT, Vol. 23 (2), October, 2019)

Innehållsförteckning

Author’s preface to the English edition.- Translator’s Note.- Introduction.- Chapter 1: The multiple possibilities of reading.- Chapter 2: Interpretation as an art.- Chapter 3: Context matters.- Chapter 4: The writer’s seductive power.- Chapter 5: The symbiosis of psychoanalysis and fiction.- Chapter 6: The art of storytelling.- Chapter 7: The novel as a work of bad faith.- Chapter 8: The impossible quest for truth.- Chapter 9: Breaking New Ground: The Psycholiterary Approach to Fiction.- Conclusion.