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Elements of surprise :our mental lim...

Tobin, Vera, (1975-)

Elements of surprise :our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
杜威分類號:	808.3/94
書名/作者:	Elements of surprise : : our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot // Vera Tobin.
作者:	Tobin, Vera,
出版者:	Cambridge, Mass. : : Harvard University Press,, 2018.
面頁冊數:	332 p. ;; 22 cm.
標題:	Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)
標題:	Surprise in literature.
標題:	Literary anatomies.
標題:	Narration (Rhetoric)
標題:	Cognition.
ISBN:	9780674980204 (hbk.) :
書目註:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-320) and index.
內容註:	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).
摘要、提要註:	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.--

Elements of surprise :our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot /
Tobin, Vera,1975-

Elements of surprise :our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot /Vera Tobin. - Cambridge, Mass. :Harvard University Press,2018. - 332 p. ;22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-320) and index.

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).

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.--

ISBN: 9780674980204 (hbk.) :NTD 1,096

LCCN: 2017042678Subjects--Topical Terms:

540687
Plots (Drama, novel, etc.)

LC Class. No.: PN3378 / .T53 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 808.3/94

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