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Narrative Absorption
Edited by Frank Hakemulder, Moniek M. Kuijpers, Ed S. Tan, Katalin Bálint and Miruna M. Doicaru
[Linguistic Approaches to Literature 27] 2017
► pp. 217–249

Chapter 11
Forms of absorption that facilitate the aesthetic and explanatory effects of literary reading

| University of Alberta
| University of Alberta

Rather than articulating a univocal conception of absorption, we provide a theoretical rationale for the Absorption-like States Questionnaire (ASQ), an instrument that incorporates alternative conceptions of absorption based upon contrasts between forms of (1) attention (sustained concentration and attentional reorienting); (2) embodied space (peri-personal and extra-personal space); (3) self-other relations (pre-enactive empathy and cognitive perspective-taking); and (4) verisimilitude (generalizing realism and self-implicating givenness). Structural equation modeling indicated that, in conjunction with open reflection, a type of absorption called expressive enactment distinctively predicted aesthetic outcomes. In contrast, also in conjunction with open reflection, a type of absorption called integrative comprehension distinctively predicted explanatory outcomes.

Keywords: absorption, attention, empathy, verisimilitude, embodiment, situation models, aesthetic attitude, sublime feeling, structural equation models
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
    • 1.1Contrasting assumptions about absorption-like states
    • 1.2Aesthetic attitude (re-visited)
      • 1.2.1Open reflection
      • 1.2.2Performative explication
    • 1.3Identifying specific sources of tension in theories of absorption
      • 1.3.1Sustained concentration and attentional reorienting
        • ASQ Attention items
      • 1.3.2Peri-personal and extra-personal space
        • ASQ embodied space items
      • 1.3.3Pre-enactive empathy and cognitive perspective-taking
        • ASQ self-other relation items
      • 1.3.4Self-implicating givenness and generalizing realism
        • ASQ verisimilitude items
    • 1.4Different forms of absorption
      • Open reflection
      • Integrative Comprehension, Expressive Enactment, Reactive Engagement
      • 1.4.1Aesthetic and explanatory reading outcomes
        • Aesthetic outcomes
        • Explanatory outcomes
  • 2.Discussion
    • 2.1Research prospects
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 9 November 2017
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