Thanks, Mike, for this very useful article. This relates a lot to
what I
have been trying to do these past few years and it pulls the adult
literature well together. My work has centered more on preschoolers
spontaneous (fantasy) stories and I have tried to find ways to analyze
them, which goes beyond just using structural criteria but also
incorporates content in a serious way (that is, it incorporates
content
and structure). I have also argued (as do Mar & Oatley, but for
adults)
for the significant of character in children's narratives (whether for
learning to comprehend or tell stories) and I'm continuing to think
about these issues. More recently, I have devoted my attention/
effort in
creating an intervention programs using commercially available
children's books to promote narrative comprehension as well as social
understanding, especially for low-income children. As I'm in the
midst
of writing about these issues, this article is very useful.
Thanks again,
Ageliki
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Ageliki Nicolopoulou
Professor, Department of Psychology
Lehigh University
17 Memorial Drive East
Bethlehem, PA 18015-3068
Personal Webpage: http://www.lehigh.edu/~agn3/index.htm
Departmental Webpage: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inpsy/nicolopoulou.html
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mike cole wrote:
Of course, i *would *forget to attach the article. Here it is.
mike
On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 4:56 PM, mike cole<lchcmike@gmail.com>
wrote:
Sorting through all the unread journals and seeking to bring order
to the
helterskelter
of my intellectual meanderings, i came across this article that I
think
should hold some
interest for xmca-o-philes.
As some of you know, I have an abiding interest in the idea of
tertiary
artifacts, works of
art, for Wartofsky (so I learned from Yrjo), play, "alternative
worlds"
like the 5th Dimension
that Peg Griffin invented and I have played in for a long time.
But I also
teach and think (think and
teach?) about various communication media including novels and
sitcoms.
This article caught
my attention in that odd nexus of interests: fiction as
"simulations," or,
we might say, tertiary artifacts, or we might say, "tools to think
with."
Delete or read along, as the mood catches you.
mike
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