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Brewer, William F. and Edward H. Lichtenstein. 1982. Stories are to entertain: A structural-affect theory of stories. Journal of Pragmatics 6 : 473–486.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English

Annotation

It is proposed that theory formation in the area of stories must distinguish between theories of plan comprehension, of narrative comprehension, and of story schema. The concept of the discourse force of a genre is propagated; and a theory is outlined that gives a partial account of the reader's story schema.