We examined genre-specific reading strategies for literary texts and hypothesized that text categorization (literary prose vs. poetry) modulates both how readers gather information from a (eye movements) they realize its phonetic surface form (speech production). recorded eye movements speech while college students (N = 32) orally read identical we categorized formatted as either or poetry. fur...

There is a paucity of neuroaesthetic studies on prose fiction. This is in contrast to the very many impressive studies that have been conducted in recent times on the neuroaesthetics of sister arts such as painting, music and dance. Why might this be the case, what are its causes and, of greatest importance, how can it best be resolved? In this article, the pitfalls, parameters and prospects of...

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The central purpose of science is to explain. However, who is that explanation for, and how is this explanation communicated once it has been deduced? Scientific research is typically communicated via papers in journals, with an abstract presented as a summary of that explanation. However, in many instances they may be written in a manner which is non-communicatory to a lay reader. This study b...

This study examines the phenomenon of drama in Umayyad poetry, utilizing poem "Amin Aal Nu'm" by 'Umar ibn Abi Rabiah as a specific example. It consists an introduction, two main sections, and conclusion. The first section provides definition this phenomenon, its origins, development, while also exploring interplay between poetry prose narrative arts resulting impact on convergence literary gen...

This paper aims to analyze the impact of Holy Qur'an on Arabic language, poetry and prose during early Islam period. The method used in this research is descriptive analytical method, that by describing influence period Islam. While approach applied a historical one which researchers search for dates related Qur’an Islamic results are language preserve from loss make it living immortal derive m...

The present study retested previously reported empirical evidence suggesting an iconic relation between sound and emotional meaning in poetry. To this end, we analyzed the frequency of certain phoneme classes in 48 German poems and correlated them with ratings for emotional classification. Our analyses provide evidence for a link between the emotional classification of poems (joyful vs. sad) an...