References

Useful readings available online:

On the use of linguistics for the study of literary texts

1. Linguistics and poetics. [Jakobson, 1960]
2. Studying literature as language. [Fowler, 1988]
3. The common roots of the studies of literature and discourse. [van Dijk, 1985]

On Reader-response theory

1. Writing and reading: The transactional theory. [Rosenblatt, 1988]
2. A teacher's introduction to reader-response theories. [Beach, 1993]

On "Literariness" and the role of affect (to be considered together with articles under the "motivation" category)

1. Literary discourse. [Miall, 2003]
2. Narrative discourse. [Bloome, 2003, p. 287]
3. Other online essays on the uniqueness of literary response by Miall and Kuiken
   • What is Literariness? Three components of literary reading.
   • The form of reading: Empirical studies of literariness.
   • Beyond text theory: Understanding literary response.
   • Foregrounding, defamiliarization, and affect response to literary stories.
   • A feeling for fiction: Becoming what we behold.

On cognitive processing of literary discourse

1. Cognitive processing of literary discourse [van Dijk, 1978]
2. Constructing inferences during Narrative Text comprehension. [Graesser, Singer and Trabasso, 1994]
3. Dimensions of situational model construction in narrative comprehension. [Zwaan, Graesser and Magliano, 1995]

On the role of motivation

1. Influences of stimulating tasks on reading motivation and comprehension. [Guthrie, Wigfield and Humenick, 2006]

On the role of classroom discussion

1. Examining the effects of classroom discussion on students' comprehension of texts: A meta-analysis. [Murphy et al, 2006]
2. Quality Talk approach to promoting high-level comprehension of text.

On pedagogical approaches

1. Enhancing aesthetic reading and response. [Anderson and Rubano, 1991]
2. Developing lifetime readers. [Lesesne, 1991]