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The Concept of Literary Application

Readers' Analogies from Text to Life
By:Anders Pettersson
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137035417
eText ISBN:9781137035424
Edition:0
Copyright:2012
Format:Page Fidelity

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Application is the process in which readers of literature focus on elements in a text and compare them with the outside world as they know it – an operation with cognitive and emotional consequences. This book demonstrates how and why this simple yet neglected mechanism is of profound importance for the understanding of literary art and experience.