Elements of surprise: our mental limits and the satisfactions of plot
Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction...that is, surprises in novels, films, tel...
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| Summary: | Elements of Surprise opens with an novel but narrow focus: how a particular cognitive bias, the "curse of knowledge," underwrites stories that rely on what it calls "well-made surprise," as seen in (for example) classic detective fiction...that is, surprises in novels, films, television, and plays that set us up to be fooled in ways we find pleasing and satisfying. But from there, the book expands its reach. At its core, "cursed" thinking underlies almost everything people write, say, and think about both other people and our own pasts. The more information we have about something, and the more experience we have with it, the harder it is to step outside that experience. What unfolds is both a fresh approach to mental heuristics and biases and an ambitious work of cognitive literary criticism. Elements of Surprise provides a new and exciting way of thinking about the mechanics of narrative, explored through thoughtful readings of classic, popular, and obscure texts.... |
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 332 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9780674980204 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
ELEMENTARY PROBLEMS
THE CURSE OF KNOWLEDGE?
THE POETICS OF SURPRISE
THE NAMING OF THINGS
REVELATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, AND THE SATISFACTIONS OF PLOT
WHEN UNRELIABILITY IS A SURPRISE
WHEN NARRATION ITSELF IS A SURPRISE
SO MANY THINGS ARE OBVIOUS (NOW THAT WE RE AT THE END)
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
Why do some surprises delight—the endings of
Agatha Christie novels, films like The Sixth Sense,
the flash awareness that Pip’s benefactor is not
(and never was!) iVfiss Havisham? Writing at the
intersection of cognitive science and narrative
pleasure, Vera Tobin explains how our hrains
conspire with stories to produce those revelatory
plots that define a “well-made surprise.”
By tracing the prevalence of surprise endings
in both literary fiction and popular literatizre
and showing how they exploit our mental limits,
Tobin upends two common beliefs. The first is
cognitive science’s tendency to consider biases a
form of moral weakness and failure. The second
is certain critics’ presumption that surprise end-
ings are mere shallow gimmicks. The latter is
sirhply not true, and the former tells at best half
twist is a complex art that reflects a sophisticated
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