Unknowable Protagonists and Narrative Delirium in American Psycho and Hotline Miami: A Case Study in Character Engagement Across the Media
Empathetic perspective-taking is one of the main psychological mechanisms behind audiences’ engagement with narrative (Coplan 2004; Eder 2006). What happens, however, when a story confronts with a character whose emotions, motivations, and beliefs we fail to understand? This paper examines the pheno...
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| Language: | English |
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2014-12-01
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| Series: | Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Film and Media Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/ausfm-2015-0010 |