Narrative absorption

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Narrative absorption 1
5. Part I. Conceptualization of narrative absorption
6. Chapter 1. Beyond metaphors and traditions 11
7. Chapter 2. Towards a new understanding of absorbing reading experiences 29
8. Chapter 3. Narrative persuasion 49
9. Chapter 4. Immersion into narrative and poetic worlds 69
10. Chapter 5. Into film 97
11. Chapter 6. “Spellbound in darkness” 119
12. Chapter 7. Antecedents of identification 133
13. Part II. Empirical studies on narrative absorption
14. Chapter 8. Identifying with in-game characters 157
15. Chapter 9. The effect of suspense structure on felt suspense and narrative absorption in literature and film 177
16. Chapter 10. Elaboration, emotion, and transportation 199
17. Chapter 11. Forms of absorption that facilitate the aesthetic and explanatory effects of literary reading 217
18. Part III. Outcomes of narrative absorption
19. Chapter 12. Absorption and meaningfulness 253
20. Chapter 13. The role of absorption processes in narrative health communication 271
21. Chapter 14. Absorption in narrative fiction and its possible impact on social abilities 293
22. Index 315