Story and Emotion : A Study in Affective Narratology

Per Thomas Andersen analyzes literary works by Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky, Ibsen, Hamsun, J.P. Jacobsen, Schoenberg and Knausgaard. Based on perspectives from literary studies, philosophy, cognitive psychology, neurobiology and media studies, professor Andersen analyzes characters in the novels, tempo...

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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (186 p.)
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Other title:Story and Emotion
Summary:Per Thomas Andersen analyzes literary works by Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky, Ibsen, Hamsun, J.P. Jacobsen, Schoenberg and Knausgaard. Based on perspectives from literary studies, philosophy, cognitive psychology, neurobiology and media studies, professor Andersen analyzes characters in the novels, temporal and spatial aspects of the narratives, sources of emotional impulses, and different ways in which the streams of affects turn out to be as important as events in the narrative style of the chosen authors. Per Thomas Andersen is professor of Scandinavian Literature at the University of Oslo.
ISBN:8215027504
Hierarchical level:Monograph