Towards Therapeutic Reading : part II: the interactive process of reading
Abstract
Reading offers an opportunity to become close to another
person, to be absorbed in another person’s words, experi-
ence the world in another person’s shoes, and see through
someone else’s eyes. A great deal of research has been car-
ried out into reading and the effects of reading and much
has been written on the topic, but there is no common
understanding of the interactive state that reading brings
about. What really happens when we read? To answer this
question, I turned to bibliotherapy theory and research on
reading in the field of literary studies with the aim of gain-
ing a greater understanding of the processes of therapeutic
reading.
Main Author
Format
Articles
Journal article
Published
2019
Series
Subjects
Publisher
University of Jyväskylä, Department of Arts and Culture Studies
The permanent address of the publication
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Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2342-6039
Language
English
Published in
Scriptum : Creative Writing Research Journal
Citation
- Kosonen, P. (2019). Towards Therapeutic Reading : part II: the interactive process of reading. Scriptum : Creative Writing Research Journal, 6 (1), 17-39. Retrieved from http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201903061754
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