The oceanic mind : a study of emotion in literary reading

Authors	M. Burke
Supervisors	J. Neubauer
Cosupervisors	P. Verdonk
Award date	02-07-2008
Number of pages	296
Organisations	Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Titlepage Acknowledgements Contents Introduction PART I Some basics of reading Chapter 1 Discourse processes and memory functions Chapter 2 Perception, cognitive appraisal and emotion Chapter 3 Literary reading-induced mental imagery PART II Some affective inputs during literary reading Chapter 4 Mood and location Chapter 5 Themes Chapter 6 Style Chapter 7 Towards a model of emotion in literary reading PART III A case study of heightened reader emotion at literary closure Chapter 8 Closure and reader epiphany Chapter 9 Reading the closing lines of The Great Gatsby Chapter 10 A cognitive stylistic analysis of The Great Gatsby Chapter 11 Disportation Conclusion Appendix Works cited Name index Samenvatting in het Nederlands
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