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The Cruft of Fiction

- Mega-Novels and the Science of Paying Attention
Af: David Letzler Engelsk Hardback

The Cruft of Fiction

- Mega-Novels and the Science of Paying Attention
Af: David Letzler Engelsk Hardback
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A 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

What is the strange appeal of big books? The mega-novel, a genre of erudite tomes with encyclopedic scope, has attracted wildly varied responses, from fanatical devotion to trenchant criticism. Looking at intimidating mega-novel masterpieces from The Making of Americans to 2666, David Letzler explores reader responses to all the seemingly random, irrelevant, pointless, and derailing elements that comprise these mega-novels, elements that he labels “cruft” after the computer science term for junk code. In The Cruft of Fiction, Letzler suggests that these books are useful tools to help us understand the relationship between reading and attention.

While mega-novel text is often intricately meaningful or experimental, sometimes it is just excessive and pointless. On the other hand, mega-novels also contain text that, though appearing to be cruft, turns out to be quite important. Letzler posits that this cruft requires readers to develop a sophisticated method of attentional modulation, allowing one to subtly distinguish between text requiring focused attention and text that must be skimmed or even skipped to avoid processing failures. The Cruft of Fiction shows how the attentional maturation prompted by reading mega-novels can help manage the information overload that increasingly characterizes contemporary life.

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A 2017 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

What is the strange appeal of big books? The mega-novel, a genre of erudite tomes with encyclopedic scope, has attracted wildly varied responses, from fanatical devotion to trenchant criticism. Looking at intimidating mega-novel masterpieces from The Making of Americans to 2666, David Letzler explores reader responses to all the seemingly random, irrelevant, pointless, and derailing elements that comprise these mega-novels, elements that he labels “cruft” after the computer science term for junk code. In The Cruft of Fiction, Letzler suggests that these books are useful tools to help us understand the relationship between reading and attention.

While mega-novel text is often intricately meaningful or experimental, sometimes it is just excessive and pointless. On the other hand, mega-novels also contain text that, though appearing to be cruft, turns out to be quite important. Letzler posits that this cruft requires readers to develop a sophisticated method of attentional modulation, allowing one to subtly distinguish between text requiring focused attention and text that must be skimmed or even skipped to avoid processing failures. The Cruft of Fiction shows how the attentional maturation prompted by reading mega-novels can help manage the information overload that increasingly characterizes contemporary life.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 318
ISBN-13: 9780803299627
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0803299621
Kategori: Litterære essays
Udg. Dato: 1 jun 2017
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: University of Nebraska Press
Oplagsdato: 1 jun 2017
Forfatter(e): David Letzler
Forfatter(e) David Letzler

Kategori Litterære essays

ISBN-13 9780803299627

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 318

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 1 jun 2017

Oplagsdato 1 jun 2017

Forlag University of Nebraska Press

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