Don Kuiken
List of John Benjamins publications for which Don Kuiken plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 2210-4372 | E-ISSN 2210-4380
Book series
Title
Aesthetic Engagement During Moments of Suffering
Edited by Don Kuiken and Mary Beth Oliver
Special issue of Scientific Study of Literature 3:2 (2013) v, 153 pp.
Subjects Applied linguistics | Communication Studies | Discourse studies | Pragmatics | Theoretical literature & literary studies
Articles
2021 Openness to experience, absorption-like states, and the aesthetic, explanatory, and pragmatic effects of literary reading: Explanatory, and pragmatic effects of literary reading Scientific Study of Literature 11:2, pp. 148–195 | Article
Although several measures of reading engagement (e.g., absorption, immersion) have been developed in recent years, the possibility that they reflect different constructs has not been systematically examined. The present study investigated two factorially independent forms of reading engagement… read more
2018 Living metaphor as the site of bidirectional literary engagement Empirical Studies of Literariness, Salgaro, Massimo and Paul Sopčák (eds.), pp. 47–76 | Article
Articulation of an interactive model of literariness calls for separate specification of (a) a text’s perceptible mode of representation, (b) a reader’s mode of engagement with a text so perceived, and (c) the generative (e.g., creative, expressive) effects of the interaction between this mode of… read more
2017 Chapter 11. Forms of absorption that facilitate the aesthetic and explanatory effects of literary reading Narrative Absorption, Hakemulder, Frank, Moniek M. Kuijpers, Ed S. Tan, Katalin Bálint and Miruna M. Doicaru (eds.), pp. 217–249 | Chapter
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… read more
2014 Lost in an iPad: Narrative engagement on paper and tablet Scientific Study of Literature 4:2, pp. 150–177 | Article
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of reading medium and a paratext manipulation on aspects of narrative engagement. In a 2 (medium: booklet vs. iPad) by 2 (paratext: fiction vs. nonfiction) between-subjects factorial design, the study combined state oriented measures of… read more
2013 The scope of SSOL: A discussion of the boundaries of science and literature Aesthetic Engagement During Moments of Suffering, Kuiken, Don and Mary Beth Oliver (eds.), pp. 169–174 | Article
2013 Aesthetic engagement during moments of suffering Aesthetic Engagement During Moments of Suffering, Kuiken, Don and Mary Beth Oliver (eds.), pp. 294–321 | Article
We provide a review of the literature concerning aesthetic engagement (especially with literature and film) during times of distress. The objective is to offer a conceptual framework for this fledging research area and to provide a context for several manuscripts on this topic included in a Special… read more
2013 Aesthetic engagement during moments of suffering: A special issue Aesthetic Engagement During Moments of Suffering, Kuiken, Don and Mary Beth Oliver (eds.), pp. 175–177 | Article
2013 Effects of loss and trauma on sublime disquietude during literary reading Aesthetic Engagement During Moments of Suffering, Kuiken, Don and Mary Beth Oliver (eds.), pp. 240–265 | Article
Two studies of literary reading described the effects of loss, trauma, and traumatic loss on moments of disclosure during expressive engagement with the text. Study 1 compared readers who had experienced recent loss, recent trauma or neither recent loss nor trauma. Study 2 extended this paradigm to… read more
2012 The Experiencing Questionnaire: Locating exceptional reading moments Scientific Study of Literature 2:2, pp. 243–272 | Article
The Experiencing Questionnaire (EQ) is a 58-item instrument recently developed to assess some relatively uncommon but theoretically significant types of reading experience. Derived from the phenomenological conception of “experiencing,” it promises psychometrically sound access to the generative… read more
2011 The symptoms of science in studies of literature: An uneasy prognosis The Future of Scientific Studies in Literature, pp. 182–193 | Article
The migration of science into literary studies risks importing an over-simplified conception of “the” scientific method. To avoid this pitfall, it will be crucial to nurture a conception of scientific praxis grounded in historically established methods from a range of scientific disciplines, rather… read more
2011 Simulating recognitions: The intimate life of the literary imagination Scientific Study of Literature 1:2, pp. 327–330 | Review
2008 A theory of expressive reading Directions in Empirical Literary Studies: In honor of Willie van Peer, Zyngier, Sonia, Marisa Bortolussi, Anna Chesnokova and Jan Auracher (eds.), pp. 49–68 | Article
Whether justified by the “affective fallacy” or the “death of the subject,” challenges to expressivist theories of literary reading have been persuasive. What seems lacking is theory that respects the fragility of felt meanings and the vitality found in their uncovering. Addressing this lack… read more