Narrative Fiction and Cognition

Why We Should Read Fiction
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dc.bibliographicCitation.firstPage41en_US
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue1en_US
dc.bibliographicCitation.lastPage61en_US
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume7en_US
dc.contributor.authorNünning, Vera
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-20T12:37:29Z
dc.date.available2023-03-20T12:37:29Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractThis essay connects two strands of psychological research with insights from narrative theory in order to explore the cognitive and ethical potential of fictional narratives. After a brief introduction to psychological research on the persuasive power of fictional stories to change readers’ beliefs and to improve readers’ abilities of understanding other human beings, this essay examines which kinds of stories and which features of fiction can have such an impact on readers’ minds. The essay focuses on the potential of fiction to enhance readers’ abilities of social cognition, since they form a crucial basis of ethically informed behavior. The last part of the essay highlights further fields of research opened up by this combination and interrelation of psychological research and the theory of narrative.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?fidaac-11858/2889
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.issn19498519en_US
dc.relation.journalForum for World Literature Studiesen_US
dc.rightsL::CC BY-NC-ND 4.0en_US
dc.subject.ddcddc:420en_US
dc.subject.ddcddc:800en_US
dc.subject.fieldenglishstudiesen_US
dc.subject.fieldliterarystudiesen_US
dc.subject.fieldlinguisticsen_US
dc.titleNarrative Fiction and Cognitionen_US
dc.title.alternativeWhy We Should Read Fictionen_US
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