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Scapin, Giulia; Loi, Cristina; Hakemulder, Frank; Bálint, Katalin; Konijn, Elly – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2023
A considerable body of research has examined the age-old assertion that reading literature enhances empathy, however, mixed results have been found. The present study attempts to clarify such disparities, investigating the role of foregrounding in possible differences in readers' processing of literary texts and its connection with readers'…
Descriptors: Empathy, Literature, Reading Processes, Discourse Analysis
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Kuijpers, Moniek M.; Hakemulder, Frank – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2018
Previous research showed an emerging appreciation of literary narratives on second reading, whereas such effects fail to occur for the same narratives depleted of literary features. This might suggest that appreciation is associated with readers' acknowledgment of the purposefulness of literary devices on rereading. It may also be that the…
Descriptors: Literary Devices, Reading Processes, Reading Comprehension, Correlation