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In 'Probability Designs', Karin Kukkonen presents the predictive processing model of cognition as a means of exploring narrative structure and reader experience. Utilizing the literary canon of various cultures, Kukkonen combines theory and cognitive science to analyze how reader expectati...

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Main Author: Kukkonen, Karin, 1980- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Series:Cognition and poetics.
Subjects:
Literature > Psychology.
Psychology and literature.
Probability in literature.
Fiction > History and criticism.
Littérature > Psychologie.
Psychologie et littérature.
Probabilités dans la littérature.
Roman > Histoire et critique.
Psycholinguistics.
Linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
Semiotics & Theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Comparative Literature.
Fiction
Literature > Psychology
Probability in literature
Psychology and literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In 'Probability Designs', Karin Kukkonen presents the predictive processing model of cognition as a means of exploring narrative structure and reader experience. Utilizing the literary canon of various cultures, Kukkonen combines theory and cognitive science to analyze how reader expectation and prediction shape literature, and how literature accomplishes cognitive feats that determine the human capacity for free, exploratory thought.
Item Description:Due to be issued in print: 2020.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (colour).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190050986
0190050985
9780190050979
0190050977