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Mak, Marloes; Faber, Myrthe; Willems, Roel M. – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2022
When two people read the same story, they might both end up liking it very much. However, this does not necessarily mean that their reasons for liking it were identical. We therefore ask what factors contribute to "liking" a story, and--most importantly--how people vary in this respect. We found that readers like stories because they…
Descriptors: Reader Text Relationship, Literature Appreciation, Reader Response, Reading Interests
Probst, Robert E. – 1990
The reading of a literary work can give rise to five different kinds of literary knowing: (1) knowing about self; (2) knowing about others; (3) knowing about texts; (4) knowing about contexts; and (5) knowing about processes of making meaning. A literary work can prompt a reader to reflect upon aspects of his or her own life. Concentrating upon…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Epistemology, Higher Education, Individual Differences