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Auteur(s) : Tobin, Vera (1975-....)  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Elements of surprise [Texte imprimé] : our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot / Vera Tobin

Publication : Cambridge (Mass.) : Harvard university press, copyright 2018

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (332 p.) ; 22 cm

Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. p. 285-290. Bibliogr. p. 291-320. Index
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.

Sujet(s) : Narration -- Psychologie  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Ecriture -- Cognition  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Suspense (narration)  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Surprise -- Psychologie  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Philosophie de l'esprit  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674980204 (rel.). - ISBN 0674980204

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb45444599x

Notice n° :  FRBNF45444599 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Elementary problems ; The curse of knowledge? ; The poetics of surprise ; The naming of things ; Revelations, recognitions, and the satisfactions of plot ; When unreliability is a surprise ; When narration itself is a surprise ; So many things are obvious (now that we're at the end)