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Publication details [#61605]

Burkett, Candice. 2016. “Getting the Point” of Literature: Relations Between Processing and Interpretation. Discourse Processes 53 (5,6) : 457–487.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

expert system | interpretation | literature | reading comprehension | reading, teaching of

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

Proof is offered that literary novices can and do produce literary interpretations, though less refined than those of experts. Elaborative processing during reading seems positively linked to interpretations. This may assist instruction to increase literary interpretations.