Results 21 to 30 of about 5,007 (266)
Old Proverbs in new Skins – An fMRI Study on Defamiliarization
We investigated how processing fluency and defamiliarization contribute to the affective and aesthetic processing of reading in an event-related fMRI experiment with 26 participants.
Isabel C Bohrn +10 more
doaj +1 more source
“A City within a City,” “a World within a World”
This paper aims to provide the first stylistic analysis of Steven Millhauser’s 1997 Pulitzer Winner Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer (1996).
Kimberley Pager-McClymont
doaj +1 more source
Rethinking CMB foregrounds: systematic extension of foreground parametrizations [PDF]
Future high-sensitivity measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies and energy spectrum will be limited by our understanding and modeling of foregrounds. Not only does more information need to be gathered and combined, but also novel approaches for the modeling of foregrounds, commensurate with the vast improvements in ...
Chluba, J, Hill, J, Abitbol, M
openaire +2 more sources
The language Defamiliarization in the stories of Ale Ahmad (based on Modir Madreseh and Panj Dastan) [PDF]
Formalists considered that the function of literature was to "defamilarize" the ordinary and the everyday perception of surroundings. A literary text is derived from “defamiliarization” techniques at different levels of form, meaning and even ...
سمیّه صادقیان
doaj +1 more source
STYLISTIC APPROACH TO TEACHING POETRY IN ESL CLASSROOMS [PDF]
In this study we tried to illustrate the importance of stylistic approach in teaching literature in general and poetry in particular. The context of the study is classrooms of universities featuring ESL classes.
Leila Tahmasebi
doaj +1 more source
One major research area in the empirical study of literature pertainsto the role of foregrounding (i. e., stylistic deviations and parallelism) in thereading process. The associated phenomena are arguably key to understandingwhat distinguishes literary reading and essential for the investigation of its impact on readers’ interpretation and aesthetic ...
Peer,, W. van +5 more
openaire +2 more sources
Adopting Berrendonner’s (1990; fc.) distinction between “micro-syntax” and “macro-syntax”, as well as the orthogonal one between foregrounded and backgrounded discourse segments (cf.
Francis Cornish
doaj +1 more source
zbMATH Open Web Interface contents unavailable due to conflicting licenses.
openaire +1 more source
This chapter explores the multiplicity of foregrounding as a concept within literary studies, identifying and analyzing four distinct ontologies: textual features, reader attention, reader experience, and post-reading impact. By examining these ontologies, this chapter highlights the research supporting each perspective while emphasizing their ...
Hakemulder, Frank +2 more
+4 more sources
Individual Differences in Sensitivity to Style During Literary Reading: Insights from Eye-Tracking
Style is an important aspect of literature, and stylistic deviations are sometimes labeled foregrounded, since their manner of expression deviates from the stylistic default. Russian Formalists have claimed that foregrounding increases processing demands
Emiel van den Hoven +3 more
doaj +1 more source

