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DLACZEGO CZYTAMY POWIEŚCI – KILKA IMPLIKACJI DLA BADACZY CZYTANIA DLA PRZYJEMNOŚCI
WHY DO WE READ NOVELS – SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCHERS ON READING FOR PLEASURE

Author(s): Zasacka Zofia
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: czytelnictwo; czytanie; czytelnik; powieści; kultura popularna; novels; Reader; novel;

Summary/Abstract: The article is a reconstruction of theoretical approaches and empricial results on motivation for reading. The review covers works in sociology, psychology, ethnography, and literary theory. The author focuses on the conditioning of reading choices and on the place of reading experience in the common perception of social world; she also underlines the connection between reading and practical needs of the readers.

  • Issue Year: 424/2009
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 81-93
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish