Richard J. Gerrig

List of John Benjamins publications for which Richard J. Gerrig plays a role.

Journal

Scientific Study of Literature (SSOL)

Edited by David I. Hanauer

ISSN 2210-4372 | E-ISSN 2210-4380

Book series

Linguistic Approaches to Literature (LAL)

Edited by Sonia Zyngier and Joanna Gavins

ISSN 1569-3112

Articles

Gerrig, Richard J. and Zared R. Shawver 2022 Narrative experiences of metaphor Dynamism in Metaphor and Beyond, Colston, Herbert L., Teenie Matlock and Gerard J. Steen (eds.), pp. 45–62 | Chapter

This chapter discusses the impact of narrative contexts on readers’ experiences of metaphor. We begin by reviewing extant theories of metaphor processing to offer an analysis of contextual effects on readers’ metaphor understanding. Next, we outline a dual process perspective that suggests how… read more

Gerrig, Richard J. 2011 Individual differences in readers’ narrative experiences The Future of Scientific Studies in Literature, pp. 88–94 | Article

Readers often have quite different experiences of literary texts. In this article, I suggest that readers’ life experiences affect the knowledge they bring to bear on narrative experiences as well as the responses they encode as those experiences unfold. I use an episode from the novel Transmission… read more