207187

Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

2012

250 Pages

ISBN 978-1-349-44225-6

The concept of literary application

readers' analogies from text to life

Anders Pettersson

Application is the process in which readers of literature focus on elements in a text and compare them with the outside world as they know it – an operation with cognitive and emotional consequences. This book demonstrates how and why this simple yet neglected mechanism is of profound importance for the understanding of literary art and experience.

Publication details

DOI: 10.1057/9781137035424

Full citation:

Pettersson, A. (2012). The concept of literary application: readers' analogies from text to life, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

Table of Contents

The application of literature to life

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Examples of application

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25-40

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Application and the act of reading

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41-60

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Literature and cognitive enrichment

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61-84

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Transportation and empathy

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85-104

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Simulation and identification

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105-124

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The aesthetic approach to literature

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125-144

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Conceptions of the text

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145-162

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Literary practice

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163-185

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The concept of literature

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186-208

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Questions of norms and values

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209-226

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A final look at application

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227-232

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