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[EDNOTE. Sandy Klein sends notice of another French review--this one of Lisa Zunshine's new book which includes a chapter on Lolita. Zunshine also edited the volume Nabokov at the Limits: Redrawing Critical Boundaries (Garland, 1999). - - SES]
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Information publiée le mercredi 3 mai 2006 par Julien Desrochers
ZUNSHINE, Lisa, Why We Read Fiction. Theory of Mind and the Novel, Ohio State University Press, 2006, 232 p. ISBN : 0-8142-5151-X
Why We Read Fiction offers a lucid overview of the most exciting area of research in contemporary cognitive psychology known as "Theory of Mind" and discusses its implications for literary studies. It covers a broad range of fictional narratives, from Richardson's Clarissa, Dostoyevski's Crime and Punishment, and Austen's Pride and Prejudice to Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, Nabokov's Lolita, and Hammett's The Maltese Falcon. Zunshine's surprising new interpretations of well-known literary texts and popular cultural representations constantly prod her readers to rethink their own interest in fictional narrative. Written for a general audience, this study provides a jargon-free introduction to the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field known as cognitive approaches to literature and culture.
Here's a link to the review:
http://www.fabula.org/actualites/article14254.php
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
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Information publiée le mercredi 3 mai 2006 par Julien Desrochers
ZUNSHINE, Lisa, Why We Read Fiction. Theory of Mind and the Novel, Ohio State University Press, 2006, 232 p. ISBN : 0-8142-5151-X
Why We Read Fiction offers a lucid overview of the most exciting area of research in contemporary cognitive psychology known as "Theory of Mind" and discusses its implications for literary studies. It covers a broad range of fictional narratives, from Richardson's Clarissa, Dostoyevski's Crime and Punishment, and Austen's Pride and Prejudice to Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, Nabokov's Lolita, and Hammett's The Maltese Falcon. Zunshine's surprising new interpretations of well-known literary texts and popular cultural representations constantly prod her readers to rethink their own interest in fictional narrative. Written for a general audience, this study provides a jargon-free introduction to the rapidly growing interdisciplinary field known as cognitive approaches to literature and culture.
Here's a link to the review:
http://www.fabula.org/actualites/article14254.php
Search the archive: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/archives/nabokv-l.html
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm