Filosofi & religion
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Empathy and the Strangeness of Fiction
Maria C Scott • Maria C Scott • Maria C Scott
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This book takes its point of departure in recent psychological findings which suggest that reading fiction cultivates empathy, including Theory of Mind. Scott draws on literary theory and close readings to argue that engagement with fictional stories also teaches us to resist uncritical forms of empathy and reminds us of the limitations of our ability to understand other people. The book treats figures of the stranger in Balzac's La Fille aux yeux d'or, Stendhal's Le Rouge et le Noir and Sand's Indiana as emblematic of the strangeness of narrative fiction, which both draws us in and keeps us at a distance.
- Format: Pocket/Paperback
- ISBN: 9781474463041
- Språk: Engelska
- Antal sidor: 240
- Utgivningsdatum: 2022-03-03
- Förlag: Edinburgh University Press