Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction pdf

基思·奥特利 是一位认知心理学家和小说家。 他的研究领域是情感心理学和小说心理学。 他是七本心理学书籍的作者，其中包括梦之类的东西：小说的心理学（威利）。 在他最近的著作中，有《热情的缪斯：探索故事中的情感》（牛津大学出版社），一部带有心理评论的原创中篇小说。 基思的第一部小说《艾米丽五世案》（Secker 和 Warburg）获得了英联邦作家奖最佳第一部小说奖。 他最近的小说是因此选择（鹅巷出版物）。 他是加拿大皇家学会会员、英国心理学会会员和心理科学协会会员。

Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction pdf 基思·奥特利

Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction explores how fiction works in the brains and imagination of both readers and writers.Demonstrates how reading fiction can contribute to a greater understanding of, and the ability to change, ourselvesInformed by the latest psychological research which focuses on, for example, how identification with fictional characters occurs, and how literature can improve social abilitiesExplores traditional aspects of fiction, including character, plot, setting, and theme, as well as a number of classic techniques, such as metaphor, metonymy, defamiliarization, and cuesIncludes extensive end-notes, which ground the work in psychological studiesFeatures excerpts from fiction which are discussed throughout the text, including works by William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Kate Chopin, Anton Chekhov, James Baldwin, and others