Mystery or not? Quantum cognition and the interpretation of the fantastic in Neil Gaiman

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F16%3A33160244" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/16:33160244 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/aa.2016.8.issue-1/aa-2016-0003/aa-2016-0003.xml" target="_blank" >https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/aa.2016.8.issue-1/aa-2016-0003/aa-2016-0003.xml</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/aa-2016-0003" target="_blank" >10.1515/aa-2016-0003</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Mystery or not? Quantum cognition and the interpretation of the fantastic in Neil Gaiman

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The article describes a reader-response experiment focusing on the perception of the genre of the fantastic. It also proposes an update of the genre's structuralist definition to better conform to contemporary cognitive approaches. Participants answered questions relating to the interpretation of events and important symbols in a Neil Gaiman short story and were also asked if they considered the story "fantasy" or "realistic fiction." Tzvetan Todorov characterized the fantastic as a hesitation between the uncanny (realistic interpretation) and the marvelous (supernatural interpretation). Neil Gaiman, a popular contemporary author of genre fiction, has utilized this hesitation between psychological and supernatural explanations of his stories to great effect. The results show a consistently higher degree of enjoyment in readers who were aware of the dual interpretation and partook in the hesitation. This paper also introduces the concept of quantum cognition into literary theory and explains the benefit of using terminology from this discipline in a reader-response context. The findings of this study could be the first step towards a better understanding of the different ways in which readers cognitively approach the fantastic or genre in general.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Mystery or not? Quantum cognition and the interpretation of the fantastic in Neil Gaiman

Popis výsledku anglicky

The article describes a reader-response experiment focusing on the perception of the genre of the fantastic. It also proposes an update of the genre's structuralist definition to better conform to contemporary cognitive approaches. Participants answered questions relating to the interpretation of events and important symbols in a Neil Gaiman short story and were also asked if they considered the story "fantasy" or "realistic fiction." Tzvetan Todorov characterized the fantastic as a hesitation between the uncanny (realistic interpretation) and the marvelous (supernatural interpretation). Neil Gaiman, a popular contemporary author of genre fiction, has utilized this hesitation between psychological and supernatural explanations of his stories to great effect. The results show a consistently higher degree of enjoyment in readers who were aware of the dual interpretation and partook in the hesitation. This paper also introduces the concept of quantum cognition into literary theory and explains the benefit of using terminology from this discipline in a reader-response context. The findings of this study could be the first step towards a better understanding of the different ways in which readers cognitively approach the fantastic or genre in general.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AJ - Písemnictví, mas–media, audiovize

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Ars Aeterna

ISSN

1337-9291

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

8

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

24-33

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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