Storyworld possible selves and narrative intersubjectivity / María-Ángeles Martínez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martínez, María-Ángeles.

Contributor:

Martínez, María-Ángeles, editor.

Series:

Narratologia, 96.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

LaVergne : De Gruyter, 2025.

Berlin Boston De Gruyter, [2025]

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

María-Ángeles Martínez, University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.

Summary:

In the wake of the cognitive turn in the humanities, narrative research has become increasingly interdisciplinary. The theory of storyworld possible selves brings approaches from a range of disciplines such as cognitive narrative theory, cognitive linguistics, and social psychology, to bear on the study of narrative engagement. The diversity of the contributions to this volume testifies to the interdisciplinarity of the storyworld possible selves approach: while some of its chapters explore applications of storyworld possible selves theory to the study of real readers' interaction with both fictional and non-fictional narratives, others address issues connected to the textual construction of authors, narrators, and characters as narrative perspectivizers.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1Introduction / María-Ángeles Martínez

19An American tale of vampires: Narrative identity projections in anorexia / Rocío Riestra-Camacho

37Making choices in the storyworld: User agency in digital interactive narratives / Victoria Lagrange

49Storyworld possible selves and doubly deictic you in contemporary narratives negotiating motherhood / Denise Wong

65The power of perception: The influence of fictionality on the creation of storyworld possible selves / Melina Ghasseminejad

87Exploring storyworld possible selves with pre-service teachers: Effects on reading attitudes and planned practices / Shannon Tovey

103An empirical study of fictional abuse narratives and prosocial reader outcomes using storyworld possible selves / Victoria Pöhls, Ailise Bulfin, María-Ángeles Martínez

133Multiple perspectives in the novel and storyworld possible selves: An alternative approach to narrative engagement / Ralf Schneider

153Projected mediacy and rendered mediacy in Henry James's notebooks: A cognitive perspective / José A. Álvarez-Amorós

175Character focalization and forms of speech representation: Embedded dialogue / Luis Martínez-Falero

189Character construction and Speech Act theory: A cognitive-pragmatic approach to Elizabeth's and Darcy's utterances in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice / María-Teresa Santé-Delgado

211Cognitive narrative thematics: The form of content / Daniel Candel

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ISBN:

3-11-148323-1

3-11-148157-3