Affective Narratology The Emotional Structure of Stories |
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| Author:
| Hogan, Patrick Colm |
| Series title: | Frontiers of Narrative Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-3002-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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Stories engage our emotions. We've known this at least since the days of Plato and Aristotle. What this book helps us to understand now is how our own emotions fundamentally organise and orient stories. Examining the ways in which incidents, events, episodes, plots, and genres are a function of emotional processes, Patrick Colm Hogan demonstrates that emotion systems are absolutely crucial for understanding stories.
Stories engage our emotions. We've known this at least since the days of Plato and Aristotle. What this book helps us to understand now is how our own emotions fundamentally organise and orient stories. Examining the ways in which incidents, events, episodes, plots, and genres are a function of emotional processes, Patrick Colm Hogan demonstrates that emotion systems are absolutely crucial for understanding stories.