Fictional Minds

Name: Fictional Minds
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ISBN: 9780803218352

ISBN-10: 0803218354

ISBN-13: 9780803218352

Edition: 2008

Authors: Alan Palmer

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Fictional Mindssuggests that readers understand novels primarily by following the functioning of the minds of characters in the novel storyworlds. Despite the importance of this aspect of the reading process, traditional narrative theory does not include a complete and coherent theory of fictional minds. nbsp; Readers create a continuing consciousness out of scattered references to a particular character and read this consciousness as an “embedded narrative” within the whole narrative of the novel. The combination of these embedded narratives forms the plot. This perspective on narrative enables us to explore hitherto neglected aspects of fictional minds such as dispositions, emotions,…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 5/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English