Provides a clear introduction to the key terms and frameworks in cognitive poetics and
stylisticsHow do texts create meaning? How do we arrive at our textual interpretations? Why …

Of interest in their own terms as a significant cultural practice, reading groups also provide a
window on the everyday interpretation of literary texts. While reading is often considered a …

This article introduces the special issue. In it, we argue that research into reader response
should be recognised as a vital aspect of contemporary stylistics, and we establish our focus …

This chapter marks the distinction between language in dystopia and the language of
dystopia. It analyses the accessibility of dystopian worlds, explores the projection of …

On writing of the contemporary dystopian impulse, Margaret Atwood observes that 'it'sa sad
commentary on our age that we find dystopias a lot easier to believe in than utopias'(2005 …

Kamel Daoud's debut novel Meursault, contre-enquête is a recasting of Camus' seminal
novel, L'Étranger. Daoud creates an overt and deliberate set of intertextual references to …

Narrative empathy, broadly understood as the sharing of characters' perspective and
emotional experiences, is thought to be often involved in readers' engagement with …

The adjective 'young'in the title of this chapter is used in two ways: in its literal sense,
referring to the age of readers, and in a metaphorical sense, to refer to teachers and …

This chapter considers the readerly conceptualisation of dystopia, zoning in on the ways in
which readers imagine and understand dystopian worlds, and introducing the cognitive …

This chapter addresses the nuance of dystopian ethics, applying theoretical insights from
psychology, narratology and cognitive linguistics to the reading of twenty-first-century …