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Empathy’s Role in Different Levels of Understanding Literature: Empirical and Philosophical Perspectives
Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 79 (2):239-244 (2021)
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There is a widespread intuition that readers’ empathy with fictional characters can help to understand certain works of literature. In a nutshell, the argumentAuthor's Profile
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