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Suzanne Keen
Researcher at Washington and Lee University
Publications - 42
Citations - 1451
Suzanne Keen is an academic researcher from Washington and Lee University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Narrative & Empathy. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 41 publications receiving 1283 citations. Previous affiliations of Suzanne Keen include Hamilton College.
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Empathy and the Novel
TL;DR: Keen as mentioned in this paper argues that readers' perception of a text's fictiveness increases the likelihood of readers' empathy, by releasing readers from their guarded responses to the demands of real others.
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A Theory of Narrative Empathy
TL;DR: For instance, the activation of mirror neurons in the brains of onlookers can be recorded as they witness another's actions and emotional reactions as mentioned in this paper, and the possibility that reading stimulates mirror neurons' activation can now, as never before, undergo neuroscientific investigation.
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Introduction: Narrative and the Emotions
TL;DR: Keen as discussed by the authors is the Thomas H. Broadus Professor of English at Washington and Lee University and is the author of the book "The Unwritten World: A History of English Literature".
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Romances of the Archive in Contemporary British Fiction
TL;DR: Keen as mentioned in this paper provides a detailed examination of the range of contemporary "romances of the archive," a genre in which British novelists both deal with the loss of Empire and a nostalgia for the past, and react to the postimperial condition of Great Britain.
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Fast Tracks to Narrative Empathy: Anthropomorphism and Dehumanization in Graphic Narratives
TL;DR: This paper explore the relationship between the emotional responses evoked by visual artists' strategies of anthropomorphizing animal faces or dehumanizing people's faces and bodies, and the invitations to narrative empathy proffered by graphic storytelling.