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200 1. $a Elements of surprise $b Texte imprimé $e our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot $f Vera Tobin
214 .0 $a Cambridge (Mass.) $c Harvard university press
214 .4 $d C 2018
215 .. $a 1 vol. (332 p.) $d 22 cm
300 .. $a Notes bibliogr. p. 285-290. Bibliogr. p. 291-320. Index
330 .. $a Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive
bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made
surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction--that is, surprises
in novels, films, television, and plays that set us up to be fooled in ways we find
pleasing and satisfying. But from there, the book expands its reach. At its core,
"cursed" thinking underlies almost everything people write, say, and think about both
other people and our own pasts. The more information we have about something, and
the more experience we have with it, the harder it is to step outside that experience.
What unfolds is both a fresh approach to mental heuristics and biases and an ambitious
work of cognitive literary criticism. Elements of Surprise provides a new and exciting
way of thinking about the mechanics of narrative, explored through thoughtful readings
of classic, popular, and obscure texts.
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