Examining readers' reactions to difficult narratives: a psycho-stylistic approach to Virginia Woolf's use of free indirect style

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Examining readers' reactions to difficult narratives: a psycho-stylistic approach to Virginia Woolf's use of free indirect style

This thesis aims to explore the processes that readers engage in when they encounter difficulties in literary texts and to add scientific value to existing theoretical assumptions about difficult literature, combining stylistic analyses with psycholinguistic research methods. The research focuses...

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Main Author:	Grisot, Giulia
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2020
Subjects:	Empirical study of literature Virginia Woolf Reader response Stylistics Free indirect style Perspectives Points of view Eye tracking Eye movements Questionnaire Difficulty
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60542/

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