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ERIC Number: EJ373265
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1988
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Imagination in Story Response: Relationships between Imagery, Affect, and Structural Importance.
Sadoski, Mark; And Others
Reading Research Quarterly, v23 n3 p320-336 Sum 1988
Investigates patterns in readers' ratings of imagery, affect, and story structure in selected short stories read in a college classroom. Concludes that texts constrain the renditions of individual readers when they read for enjoyment. Finds that imagery appears to mediate affective associations of text viewed as structurally important. (MM)
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Higher Education, Imagery, Literary Devices, Qualitative Research, Reader Response, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Processes, Reading Research, Short Stories, Statistical Analysis, Story Reading
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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