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The one vs. the many : minor characters and the space of the protagonist in the novel
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Dictating a Zafa: The Power of Narrative Form in Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
TL;DR: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007) as discussed by the authors explores the relationship between authorship, authority, and dictatorship in a novel written by a writer and a dictator.
Vicar Victoria: Writing the Church of England in Nineteenth-Century Fiction
TL;DR: The Church of England in Nineteenth Century fiction as mentioned in this paper is the subject of the article "Vicar Victoria: Writing The Church Of England In Nineteenth-Century Fiction".
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The Paradox of Narrative Empathy and the Form of the Novel, or What George Eliot Knew
TL;DR: The idea that the act of reading literature expands our empathy is a popular one as mentioned in this paper, and the benefits of empathy are presumed to be considerable and the lack of it is often deplored, sometimes being associated with psychopathy and criminality.
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Jane Austen, Game Theorist
TL;DR: From the perspective of a game theorist with a romantic nature, Michael Chwe explores the six novels of Jane Austen and argues that Austen was a pioneer in the understanding of strategic thinking that shapes individual choices, and hence individual behavior.