Why Do We Care about Literary Characters? John O. Burtis The Donkey

The Donkey

This important volume compiles today's best research on the often-overlooked topic of prereader comprehension: what we know about it now

this book doesn't offer off-the-shelf formulas but empowers you to think creatively

and problems with everyday functioning

even the name makes us giggle

Why Do We Care about Literary Characters? John O. Burtis The DonkeyBlakey Vermeule wonders how readers become involved in the lives of fictional characters, people they know do not exist. Vermeule examines the ways in which readers' experiences of literature are affected by the emotional attachments they form to fictional characters and how those experiences then influence their social relationships in real life. She focuses on a range of topics, from intimate articulations of sexual desire, gender identity,