Reports from events.
Manipulating the reader in fiction. A Stylistic Perspective
Aix-Marseille University, 28 April 2017
On 28 April 2017 in Aix-en-Provence, Prof. Sandrine Sorlin, the current chair of the French Society for English Stylistics, brought an international team of stylisticians together to focus on how readers are ‘manipulated’ during their experience of reading. Crossing several disciplines in exploring the linguistic, psychological and cognitive sources of manipulation, the symposium participants delved into the nature of the emotions that the fictional work tends to elicit as well as the positions readers are encouraged to occupy. Coming from different theoretical backgrounds, they gave rich and varied talks addressing these questions: How do fictional works stylistically and pragmatically go about leading readers to particular types of response? How is reader attention controlled? How are potential expectations played with, or emotions triggered?
The programme of the one-day conference can be downloaded from the Société de Stylistique Anglaise’s website
Publication of all the papers from the conference is under consideration. To stay informed of developments, please follow the French SSA on Twitter and Facebook!
Aix-Marseille University, 28 April 2017
On 28 April 2017 in Aix-en-Provence, Prof. Sandrine Sorlin, the current chair of the French Society for English Stylistics, brought an international team of stylisticians together to focus on how readers are ‘manipulated’ during their experience of reading. Crossing several disciplines in exploring the linguistic, psychological and cognitive sources of manipulation, the symposium participants delved into the nature of the emotions that the fictional work tends to elicit as well as the positions readers are encouraged to occupy. Coming from different theoretical backgrounds, they gave rich and varied talks addressing these questions: How do fictional works stylistically and pragmatically go about leading readers to particular types of response? How is reader attention controlled? How are potential expectations played with, or emotions triggered?
The programme of the one-day conference can be downloaded from the Société de Stylistique Anglaise’s website
Publication of all the papers from the conference is under consideration. To stay informed of developments, please follow the French SSA on Twitter and Facebook!