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Psychology
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Readers reply: which are more like life, novels or films?

Films and novels employ fundamentally different narrative techniques to convey character psychology, with neither medium inherently more realistic than the other due to their diverse stylistic approaches.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

Atlanta's Edith Wharton

Tayari Jones employs early-20th-century literary styles and conventions to explore contemporary social issues, creating richly layered narratives that blend timeless emotional depth with modern subject matter.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Gloria Don't Speak by Lucy Apps review tender portrait of a woman with a learning disability

Lucy Apps's debut novel follows Gloria, a 19-year-old with a learning disability navigating east London in 1999, whose friendship with Jack reveals exploitation and vulnerability.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

On Morrison by Namwali Serpell review a landmark appraisal of the great novelist's work

Toni Morrison's novels demand rigorous formal analysis that prioritizes narrative strategies and craft over sociopolitical readings, revealing complexity and deliberate difficulty.
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fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Imagining Beyond the Body

Human imagination can extend beyond human minds, enabling adoption of non-human perspectives and prompting rethinking of relationships with the environment.
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fromOpen Culture
5 months ago

The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time, According to 750,000 Readers in the UK (2003)

Epistolary novels dominated eighteenth-century European reading but later declined as new narrative techniques, especially non-epistolary narration, expanded novelistic possibilities.
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