Stories Are to Entertain [electronic resource] : A Structural-Affect Theory of Stories. Technical Report No. 265 / William F. Brewer and Edward H. Lichtenstein.

Much of the current controversy in the area of story theory derives from a failure to make clear the distinctions among theories of (1) plan comprehension, (2) narrative comprehension, and (3) story schema. A theory of plan comprehension attempts to account for the ability of humans to interpret the...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Brewer, William F.
Corporate Authors:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for the Study of Reading, Bolt, Beranek, and Newman
Other Authors:	Lichtenstein, Edward H.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1982.
Subjects:	Discourse Analysis. Fiction. Narration. Reading Comprehension. Reading Research. Research Methodology. Schemata (Cognition) Theories.