Reconceptualizing foregrounding: Identifying response strategies to deviation in absorbing narratives
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Reconceptualizing foregrounding : Identifying response strategies to deviation in absorbing narratives. / Bálint, Katalin; Hakemulder, Frank; Kuijpers, Moniek; Doicaru, Miruna; Tan, Ed.
I: Scientific Study of Literature, Bind 6, Nr. 2, 20.03.2017, s. 176-207.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Reconceptualizing foregrounding
T2 - Identifying response strategies to deviation in absorbing narratives
AU - Bálint, Katalin
AU - Hakemulder, Frank
AU - Kuijpers, Moniek
AU - Doicaru, Miruna
AU - Tan, Ed
PY - 2017/3/20
Y1 - 2017/3/20
N2 - The experience of deviation is often referred to as foregrounding and contrasted with the experience of feeling absorbed in a narrative. However, instead of simply assuming that foregrounding and absorption are mutually exclusive, they should also be considered as co-occurring: being absorbed as a result of a deviating aspect of a story. In the present paper we examine the co-occurrence of responses by means of a data-driven qualitative approach. The analysis of interviews about absorbed experiences with written and cinematic fictional narratives focused on occurrences of and responses to perceived deviation. We identified seven strategies in response to deviation that may be described through three underlying dimensions: absorption, agency, and valence. Findings suggest that perceived deviation, rather than obstructing absorption, is associated with intense and meaningful engagement with narratives.
AB - The experience of deviation is often referred to as foregrounding and contrasted with the experience of feeling absorbed in a narrative. However, instead of simply assuming that foregrounding and absorption are mutually exclusive, they should also be considered as co-occurring: being absorbed as a result of a deviating aspect of a story. In the present paper we examine the co-occurrence of responses by means of a data-driven qualitative approach. The analysis of interviews about absorbed experiences with written and cinematic fictional narratives focused on occurrences of and responses to perceived deviation. We identified seven strategies in response to deviation that may be described through three underlying dimensions: absorption, agency, and valence. Findings suggest that perceived deviation, rather than obstructing absorption, is associated with intense and meaningful engagement with narratives.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - narrative absorption
KW - narratives
KW - qualitative approach
KW - deviating style
KW - foregrounding
U2 - 10.1075/ssol.6.2.02bal
DO - 10.1075/ssol.6.2.02bal
M3 - Journal article
VL - 6
SP - 176
EP - 207
JO - Scientific Study of Literature
JF - Scientific Study of Literature
SN - 2210-4372
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 176697171