Transformative reading / Olivia Fialho.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fialho, Olivia, author.

Series:

Linguistic approaches to literature ; 42.

Linguistic approaches to literature (LAL) ; volume 42

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books and reading--Psychological aspects.

Books and reading.

Lexicology--Psychological aspects.

Lexicology.

Transformative learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 263 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2024.

Summary:

This book focuses on the processes of literary reading, revealing two pathways for such transformative powers of literature. It also paves the way for how these pathways are applicable in educational settings - in schools, at the workplace, and at medical ethics contexts.

"Transformative Reading belongs to a growing tradition of studies investigating the functions of aesthetic experiences in our lives. Philosophers, literary theorists and psychologists have suggested that aesthetic experiences implicate the self. In challenging readers, stimulating and extending their imagination by means of complex or deviating plots, literary texts (in contrast with non-literary ones) may promote readers' understandings of themselves and others by altering readers' sense of self, thus possibly playing an important role in enhancing such awareness. Reading literary narrative fiction helps readers develop new possible selves in a safe way and imagine what it might be like to be in the shoes of others, thus developing readers' theory of mind. It might also contribute to the development of readers' interpersonal competencies and foster moral enhancement in terms of pro-sociality, altruistic behaviour and empathy. This book focuses on the processes of literary reading, revealing two pathways for such transformative powers of literature. It also paves the way for how these pathways are applicable in educational settings - in schools, at the workplace, and at medical ethics contexts"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The notion of reading

Modalities of transformative reading

The transformative reader

Lexical basis for numerically aided phenomenology (LEX-NAP)

Applying LEX-NAP : an empirical investigation of transformative reading of the self

A typology of reading experiences

Discoursal basis for the typology

Assessing the typology

Uses in learning environments

Looking ahead : transformative reading in the third culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9789027246974

9027246971