Title of article :
Reading Other People’s Minds Through Word
and Image
Author/Authors :
Maria Nikolajeva، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2012
Abstract :
This article considers how emotions can be conveyed through the
interaction of word and image in picturebooks addressed to young readers. The
theoretical framework employed in the article develops ideas from cognitive literary
theory, adapting it to the specific conditions in which there is a significant difference
between the sender’s and the recipient’s cognitive levels. The concept of emotion
ekphrasis is used to demonstrate the various ways of representing emotions, and
special attention is paid to the issues of mind-reading, empathy and other aspects of
recipients’ affective engagement. The theoretical argument is illustrated by picturebooks
by Max Velthuijs, Shaun Tan, Anthony Browne, and Maurice Sendak.
Keywords :
Picturebooks Emotions Cognitive poetics Affective response
Journal title :
Childrens Literature in Education
Journal title :
Childrens Literature in Education