PERSONAGE – READER: FICTION COMMUNICATION COGNITIVE BASICS

PERSONAGE – READER: FICTION COMMUNICATION COGNITIVE BASICS

Author:  L.P. Kochetova

Affiliation:  Southern Federal University

Abstract: 

Perceiving the character, his/ her identification on the level of the sensual experi-ence presuppose the following three phases: 1) coding; 2) comparison; 2) emotional reaction. In the phase of coding the reader evaluates the ethic component, the character’s aesthetic and epistemic peculiarities in particular situational contexts; the phase of comparison refers to the evaluation of the character’s specific characteristics through the prism of one’s own view on the objective world, identification of those his/ her features which are owned by the reader himself/ herself; in the phase of emotional reaction between the character and reader the relations of empathy / antipa-thy are created.

Keywords:  cognitive narratology, character, mental representation, mental spaces

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Pages:  161-163