Sentences with phrase «literary fiction read»

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Several years ago they published a study in the influential journal Science that showed reading literary fiction was linked with an improved ability to better read fine emotional cues on people's faces.

«There was a clear pattern in the findings - the more literary fiction authors that participants recognized, the better they tended to perform on the emotional recognition test, and this association held even after statistically accounting for the influence of other factors that might be connected to both emotion skills and reading more literary fiction, such as past educational attainment, gender and age,» reports the British Psychological Society Research Digest blog, summing up the results.

President Obama's summer reading list is full of literary fiction.

Researchers at the New School for Social Research in New York have determined that reading literary fiction — books that have literary merit and don't fit into a genre — enhances what scientists call «Theory of Mind (ToM), or an ability to understand the mental states of others.

... my memory of his sojourn there [at Tuskeegee University] was kept alive by the sight of his name on checkout slips of so many of the library books of fiction, poetry, history, and literary criticism that had become the main part of my own personal extracurricular reading program.

The problem with religion is similar to the problem with fiction: thousands of novels are published in English each year, and without literary critics and judging panels for awards like the Booker Prize, we'd be floundering around without any idea as to what might be worth reading and what probably isn't.

These books would appear in full, so the reader of the novel would read the reading of the narrator — mysteries, romances, westerns, sci fi, and «literary» fiction, his taste would be catholic.

We present five experiments showing that reading literary fiction led to better performance on tests of affective ToM (experiments 1 to 5) and cognitive ToM (experiments 4 and 5) compared with reading nonfiction (experiments 1), popular fiction (experiments 2 to 5), or nothing at all (experiments 2 and 5).

After digesting short literary excerpts, people performed better on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test — a common measure of the ability to judge others» mental states — compared with readers of popular fiction.

Studies have shown that reading literary fiction can facilitate your ability to recognize what the people around you are thinking and feeling.

I read a lot of everything — science fiction, science, philosophy, novels, short stories, mysteries, literary fiction, old books — everything.

At the very end of Scrappy Little Nobody, Anna Kendrick's witty and frank memoir, she includes a «reading group guide,» a tongue - in - cheek parody of the food - for - thought discussion guidelines included at the end of certain literary fiction.

And in a similarly placed story (on the Times front page) a couple of weeks before Rich's, colleague Pam Belluck reported that a new study in the journal Science had found that «after reading literary fiction, as opposed to popular fiction or serious nonfiction, people performed better on tests measuring empathy, social perception and emotional intelligence — skills that come in especially handy when you are trying to read someone's body language or gauge what they might be thinking.»)

Researchers using RMET have found that reading literary fiction or engaging in theatrical role - playing enhances people's ability to read the emotions of others.

Reflect on literary fiction characters» emotional state in the book you're reading!

It follows this learning journey: - Defining the key term «tone» and establishing its importance as a literary technique; - Understanding how tone is used to depict mood and attitude across a range of fiction; - Reading and interpreting Act 3 Scene 4, and establishing how Macbeth's tone alters throughout; - Reflecting upon why this may / what effect this may have had on audiences at the time; - Summarising the events of the scene; - Analysing Shakespeare's intentions in sharply altering Macbeth's tone throughout; - Peer / self evaluating the learning in the lesson.

Teachers can use the school's curriculum chart (also known as a curriculum map) to record their major reading assignments and to list specific reading subgenres, such as literary fiction, memoir, or reflections on learning.

Reading features fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry, exposition, document, and procedural texts or pairs of texts, and focuses on identifying explicitly stated information, making complex inferences about themes, and comparing multiple texts on a variety of dimensions.

Reading Fiction Whole A language arts teacher uses a «whole novels» approach to give her students an authentic literary experience.

These shifts include teaching less fiction, emphasizing the kind of «close» reading favored in postmodern literary criticism, making heavy use of drawings to teach math concepts, and so on.

To the surprise of many (and the mistrust of some), my regard for literary work doesn't preclude my reading and enjoying other work, especially science fiction.

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A «powerful story of love and survival» (Pulitzer Prize finalist David Gates), Harnett's novel is a must - read for lovers of literary fiction.

So, in an act of literary activism, Smith has turned her magical new collection of short fiction, Public Library and Other Stories, into a celebration of what she calls the «Democracy of reading, democracy of space: our public library tradition.»

«Titles cover an optimal range of Guided Reading and Lexile Levels for each grade and include recognizable fiction, award - winning literary classics, and engaging nonfiction to meet every student's reading level and intReading and Lexile Levels for each grade and include recognizable fiction, award - winning literary classics, and engaging nonfiction to meet every student's reading level and intreading level and interests.

But I have no doubt that literary fiction will continue to be published and read.

I grew up reading literary fiction and I also read genre fiction with an eye to detail, character, and nuance.

A quick summation: yes, there is a difference between genre fiction and literary fiction; no, genre fiction is not necessarily «lower» than literary fiction or mere escapism; yes, literary fiction has just as many cliches and tropes as genre fiction; and yes, there are many examples of top quality work and utter crap in both categories, and people shouldn't pigeon - hole their reading habits to solely one or the other.

Are you searching for some new books to read in literary fiction?

The latter part of 2010 may mark the point from which future historians date the transition to screen - based reading for literary fiction as well as reference works.

My plan for reading all of those 50 + books on my bookshelves is to switch off: literary fiction, then genre fiction.

From thrilling mysteries to insightful memoirs, literary reads to far - out science fiction, there's plenty of new books by bestselling authors for you to enjoy.

On the one hand, the goal is to increase the number of people reading, especially literary fiction, and if this means getting your work on - line, or into a digital format, well then, that's what writers should do!

I'd read both literary and commercial fiction and if the character or plot doesn't grab me then it's over.

Asked if I read literary fiction, I'd probably admit, «No, not so much.»

Fans of literary fiction are a breed apart and often seem to be very discriminating readers — they know what they want, and they won't read books that don't meet their standards.

Publishing brands are only relevant to a certain kind of reader, like those who read literary fiction, those who consume only a certain «quality» or «caliber» of novel, only from trusted sources.

Ghost Month is a unique and nuanced work of literary fiction — a murder mystery set in the seedy underbelly of Taipei, and a very satisfying read.

Maybe I do read literary fiction, after all.

McGilloway doesn't disappoint, considering this title has elements of literary fiction, family relationships, current thematic elements, and even... [Read more...]

Your books function on many levels, you're fiction in any case, they're both easy to read, page - turners, but they address serious issues and also have literary illusions varied in them.

Thoughtful readers who enjoy literary historical fiction will add it to their must - read list.»

She enjoys reading and reviewing books in various genres, but especially literary fiction, historical fiction, classics, short stories, and travel writing.

I enjoy reading and writing literary fiction and have a special love for mysteries.

All the rest — the literary fiction, the cookbooks, the... [Read more...]

The digital literary magazine Literary Orphans, which publishes flash fiction — in addition to reviews, interviews, short stories, and poetry — lists the estimated time it will take for a reader to read a piece.

[v] Later in the essay, he explains why students haven't heard of flash fiction: few readers outside of the professional literary community read it.

More people are open to reading self - published literary fiction — and more wonderful lit fic authors are self - publishing, which is fantastic for everyone.

The best flash fiction lingers in the mind long after the story has been read — the way of all great literary works of art.

She has read and admired several authors of genre fiction but knows unequivocably that she is a writer of literary fiction.