183030508 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code FILLM 22 Eb 15 9789027244147 06 10.1075/fillm.22 13 2026002827 00 EA E107 10 01 JB code FILLM 02 2213-428X 02 22.00 01 02 FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures 11 01 JB code jbe-all 01 02 Full EBA collection (ca. 4,200 titles) 11 01 JB code jbe-2026 01 02 2026 collection 11 01 JB code jbe-eba-2026 01 02 Compact EBA Collection 2026 (ca. 500 titles, starting 2021) 11 01 JB code jbe-eba-2025 01 02 Compact EBA Collection 2025 (ca. 540 titles, starting 2020) 01 01 Literature as Experience-Inviting Discourse Literature as Experience-Inviting Discourse 1 A01 01 JB code 991464454 Anders Pettersson Pettersson, Anders Anders Pettersson Umeå University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/991464454 01 eng 11 202 03 03 xv 03 00 186 03 03 2026 PN45 10 LIT006000 12 DSA 24 JB code LIN.COGN Cognition and language 24 JB code LIN.DISC Discourse studies 24 JB code LIN.NAR Narrative Studies 24 JB code LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 24 JB code LIT.THEOR Theoretical literature & literary studies 24 JB code LIN.WRIT Writing and literacy 01 06 02 00 This monograph presents a general perspective on the art of literature. It is a central thought in the book that what we typically call literature is written to be read and freely experienced: it is “experience-inviting discourse” meant for “experience-oriented reading”. 03 00 Literature as Experience-Inviting Discourse presents a general perspective on the art of literature, starting from the questions of what literature is, how it works, and what it is for. It is a main theme in the book that what we typically call literature is written to be read and freely experienced – it is “experience-inviting discourse” meant for “experience-oriented reading”.
This central idea leads to a number of important literary-theoretical topics. Among the issues addressed in depth are the structure of verbal communication, the makeup of the concept of literature, the psychology of literary reading, and the relationship between literary criticism and experience-oriented reading. On this last point the author underlines the difference in purpose between critical and experience-oriented reading. What we typically call literature is written for offering worthwhile experiences, not for being made the object of literary-critical observations, no matter how valuable these may be in their own way. 01 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/fillm.22.png 01 01 D502 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027233844.jpg 01 01 D504 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027233844.tif 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/fillm.22.hb.png 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/fillm.22.png 02 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/fillm.22.hb.png 03 00 03 01 01 D503 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/fillm.22.hb.png 01 01 JB code fillm.22.prelim i vi 6 Prelim pages 1 01 04 Prelim pages Prelim pages 01 01 JB code fillm.22.toc 06 10.1075/fillm.22.toc vii x 4 Table of contents 2 01 04 Table of contents Table of contents 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.preface 06 10.1075/fillm.22.preface xi xii 2 Preface 3 01 04 Series editor's preface Series editor’s preface 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.pre 06 10.1075/fillm.22.pre xiii xiv 2 Preface 4 01 04 Preface Preface 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.contrib 06 10.1075/fillm.22.contrib xv xv 1 To be specified 5 01 04 Author bio Author bio 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.int 06 10.1075/fillm.22.int 1 3 3 Chapter 6 01 04 Introduction Introduction 01 04 Three questions Three questions 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.p1 06 10.1075/fillm.22.p1 5 Section header 7 01 04 Part I. Verbal communication Part I. Verbal communication 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c1 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c1 6 19 14 Chapter 8 01 04 Chapter 1. The ordinary-language model of verbal communication and a revised model Chapter 1. The ordinary-language model of verbal communication and a revised model 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c2 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c2 20 31 12 Chapter 9 01 04 Chapter 2. The revised model and the idea of a literary work Chapter 2. The revised model and the idea of a literary work 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c3 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c3 32 44 13 Chapter 10 01 04 Chapter 3. The revised model and the idea of utterance meaning Chapter 3. The revised model and the idea of utterance meaning 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c4 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c4 45 60 16 Chapter 11 01 04 Chapter 4. On descriptions of reality Chapter 4. On descriptions of reality 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.p2 06 10.1075/fillm.22.p2 61 Section header 12 01 04 Part II. Experience-inviting discourse and the concept of literature Part II. Experience-inviting discourse and the concept of literature 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c5 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c5 62 70 9 Chapter 13 01 04 Chapter 5. The concept of literature and its uses Chapter 5. The concept of literature and its uses 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c6 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c6 71 87 17 Chapter 14 01 04 Chapter 6. Experience-inviting discourse and literature as an art Chapter 6. Experience-inviting discourse and literature as an art 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c7 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c7 88 101 14 Chapter 15 01 04 Chapter 7. The diversity of literature in the art sense Chapter 7. The diversity of literature in the art sense 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.p3 06 10.1075/fillm.22.p3 103 Section header 16 01 04 Part III. Experience-oriented reading and literary criticism Part III. Experience-oriented reading and literary criticism 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c8 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c8 104 116 13 Chapter 17 01 04 Chapter 8. About works and meanings in literary-critical discourse Chapter 8. About works and meanings in literary-critical discourse 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c9 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c9 117 126 10 Chapter 18 01 04 Chapter 9. Two kinds of reading Chapter 9. Two kinds of reading 01 04 Critical and experience-oriented Critical and experience-oriented 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c10 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c10 127 143 17 Chapter 19 01 04 Chapter 10. Sixteen experience-oriented readers Chapter 10. Sixteen experience-oriented readers 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c11 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c11 144 153 10 Chapter 20 01 04 Chapter 11. On evaluating acts of experience-oriented reading Chapter 11. On evaluating acts of experience-oriented reading 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c12 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c12 154 167 14 Chapter 21 01 04 Chapter 12. On how and why experience-oriented readers read literature Chapter 12. On how and why experience-oriented readers read literature 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.conclusion 06 10.1075/fillm.22.conclusion 168 170 3 Chapter 22 01 04 Conclusion Conclusion 01 04 A view of literature A view of literature 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.refs 06 10.1075/fillm.22.refs 171 181 11 References 23 01 04 Works cited Works cited 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.index 06 10.1075/fillm.22.index 183 186 4 Index 24 01 04 Index Index 01 eng 01 JB code JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/fillm.22 Amsterdam NL 00 John Benjamins Publishing Company Marketing Department / Karin Plijnaar, Pieter Lamers onix@benjamins.nl 04 01 20260115 C 2026 John Benjamins 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027233844 WORLD 09 01 JB 3 John Benjamins e-Platform 03 https://jbe-platform.com 29 https://jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027244147 20 01 00 Unqualified price 02 135.00 EUR 01 00 Unqualified price 02 113.00 GBP GB 01 00 Unqualified price 02 176.00 USD 289030507 03 01 01 JB code JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code FILLM 22 Hb 15 9789027233844 06 10.1075/fillm.22 13 2026002826 00 BB 08 505 gr 10 01 JB code FILLM 02 2213-428X 02 22.00 01 02 FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures FILLM Studies in Languages and Literatures 01 01 Literature as Experience-Inviting Discourse Literature as Experience-Inviting Discourse 1 A01 01 JB code 991464454 Anders Pettersson Pettersson, Anders Anders Pettersson Umeå University 07 https://benjamins.com/catalog/persons/991464454 01 eng 11 202 03 03 xv 03 00 186 03 03 2026 PN45 10 LIT006000 12 DSA 24 JB code LIN.COGN Cognition and language 24 JB code LIN.DISC Discourse studies 24 JB code LIN.NAR Narrative Studies 24 JB code LIN.PRAG Pragmatics 24 JB code LIT.THEOR Theoretical literature & literary studies 24 JB code LIN.WRIT Writing and literacy 01 06 02 00 This monograph presents a general perspective on the art of literature. It is a central thought in the book that what we typically call literature is written to be read and freely experienced: it is “experience-inviting discourse” meant for “experience-oriented reading”. 03 00 Literature as Experience-Inviting Discourse presents a general perspective on the art of literature, starting from the questions of what literature is, how it works, and what it is for. It is a main theme in the book that what we typically call literature is written to be read and freely experienced – it is “experience-inviting discourse” meant for “experience-oriented reading”.
This central idea leads to a number of important literary-theoretical topics. Among the issues addressed in depth are the structure of verbal communication, the makeup of the concept of literature, the psychology of literary reading, and the relationship between literary criticism and experience-oriented reading. On this last point the author underlines the difference in purpose between critical and experience-oriented reading. 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Verbal communication Part I. Verbal communication 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c1 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c1 6 19 14 Chapter 8 01 04 Chapter 1. The ordinary-language model of verbal communication and a revised model Chapter 1. The ordinary-language model of verbal communication and a revised model 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c2 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c2 20 31 12 Chapter 9 01 04 Chapter 2. The revised model and the idea of a literary work Chapter 2. The revised model and the idea of a literary work 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c3 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c3 32 44 13 Chapter 10 01 04 Chapter 3. The revised model and the idea of utterance meaning Chapter 3. The revised model and the idea of utterance meaning 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c4 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c4 45 60 16 Chapter 11 01 04 Chapter 4. On descriptions of reality Chapter 4. On descriptions of reality 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.p2 06 10.1075/fillm.22.p2 61 Section header 12 01 04 Part II. Experience-inviting discourse and the concept of literature Part II. Experience-inviting discourse and the concept of literature 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c5 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c5 62 70 9 Chapter 13 01 04 Chapter 5. The concept of literature and its uses Chapter 5. The concept of literature and its uses 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c6 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c6 71 87 17 Chapter 14 01 04 Chapter 6. Experience-inviting discourse and literature as an art Chapter 6. Experience-inviting discourse and literature as an art 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c7 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c7 88 101 14 Chapter 15 01 04 Chapter 7. The diversity of literature in the art sense Chapter 7. The diversity of literature in the art sense 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.p3 06 10.1075/fillm.22.p3 103 Section header 16 01 04 Part III. Experience-oriented reading and literary criticism Part III. Experience-oriented reading and literary criticism 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c8 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c8 104 116 13 Chapter 17 01 04 Chapter 8. About works and meanings in literary-critical discourse Chapter 8. About works and meanings in literary-critical discourse 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c9 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c9 117 126 10 Chapter 18 01 04 Chapter 9. Two kinds of reading Chapter 9. Two kinds of reading 01 04 Critical and experience-oriented Critical and experience-oriented 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c10 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c10 127 143 17 Chapter 19 01 04 Chapter 10. Sixteen experience-oriented readers Chapter 10. Sixteen experience-oriented readers 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c11 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c11 144 153 10 Chapter 20 01 04 Chapter 11. On evaluating acts of experience-oriented reading Chapter 11. On evaluating acts of experience-oriented reading 01 eng 01 01 JB code fillm.22.c12 06 10.1075/fillm.22.c12 154 167 14 Chapter 21 01 04 Chapter 12. On how and why experience-oriented readers read literature Chapter 12. 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