Genette meets Vygotsky: Narrative embedding and distributed intelligence

Language and Literature

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-380

  Herman, David ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive narratology; Empathy; Framed narrative; Narrative levels; Socially distributed cognition; Theory of Mind; William; Wordsworth

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249166519     PISSN: 09639470     EISSN: 14617293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963947006068654     Document Type: Article

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