Immersion in the narrative world: A review of conception and function in the reading process

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  • 物語世界への没入体験
  • 物語世界への没入体験 : 読解過程における位置づけとその機能
  • モノガタリ セカイ エ ノ ボツニュウ タイケン : ドッカイ カテイ ニ オケル イチズケ ト ソノ キノウ
  • ―読解過程における位置づけとその機能―

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When reading narratives, readers may have various experiences such as focused attention on reading activity, vivid images of the narrative world. and/or empathy with the characters in the narratives. Many theorists and researchers have suggested the existence of these experiences and have referred to them as absorption, engagement, or transportation. However, these constructs differ widely in what experiences each concept indicates. Furthermore, it is unclear what roles these narrative experiences play in the reading process. In this paper, we first reviewed the literature on these narrative experiences and conceptualized them as immersion in the narrative world. which comprises six homogeneous subgroups of experience. Next, to discuss the function of the immersion in narrative reading, two theoretical models of narrative immersion in the reading process were examined. Finally, we proposed a narrative immersion-reading model and suggested future directions for the studies on narrative reading, especially on embodied cognition, the situation model in narrative comprehension. and the effect of narrative reading on social abilities.

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