?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Anticipation+and+feeling+in+literary+response%3A+A+neuropsychological+perspective&rft.creator=Miall%2C+David+S.&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=Anticipation+and+feeling+are+taken+to+be+significant+components+of+the+process+of+literary+reading%2C+although+cognitive+theories+of+reading+have+tended+to+neglect+them.+Recent+neuropsychological+research+is+described+that+casts+light+on+these+processes%3A+the+paper+focuses+on+the+integrative+functions+of+the+prefrontal+cortex+responsible+for+anticipation+and+on+the+contribution+of+feeling+to+the+functions+of+the+right+cerebral+hemisphere.+It+is+shown+how+feelings+appear+to+play+a+central+role+in+initiating+and+directing+the+interpretive+activities+involved+in+such+complex+activities+as+reading.+In+particular%2C+a+key+feature+of+literary+texts+that+captures+and+directs+response+is+foregrounding%2C+that+is%2C+distinctive+stylistic+features%3A+these+defamiliarize+and+arouse+feeling.+Such+responses+are+likely+to+be+mediated+by+the+right+hemisphere%2C+which+is+specialized+to+process+novelty.+An+analysis+of+the+neuropsychological+mechanisms+implicated+in+response+to+foregrounding+suggests+how+readers+discriminate+among+competing+interpretive+possibilities%2C+and+how+other+important+elements+of+literary+response+such+as+imagery%2C+memory%2C+and+self-referential+themes+and+concerns+are+recruited.+Several+studies+are+cited+indicating+that+response+to+various+characteristic+components+of+literary+texts+is+mediated+by+this+hemisphere%2C+including+the+prosodic+aspects+of+foregrounding%2C+figurative+language%2C+and+narrative+structure.+This+hemisphere+also+provides+the+context+for+elaborating+and+contextualizing+negative+feelings%2C+a+process+related+to+Aristotle's+notion+of+catharsis.+It+is+argued+that+the+neuropsychological+evidence+sketched+in+this+paper+provides+a+more+reliable+basis+for+future+theoretical+and+empirical+studies+of+literary+reading.&rft.date=1995-08&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F40%2F1%2FNEUROLIT.htm&rft.identifier=++Miall%2C+David+S.++(1995)+Anticipation+and+feeling+in+literary+response%3A+A+neuropsychological+perspective.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F40%2F