Reader Imagination is a cognitive construct in epistolary fiction that designates the reader’s active mental process of inferring, visualizing, and emotionally projecting into the narrative gaps and personal perspectives disclosed through letters, thereby distinguishing itself from passive comprehension by its reliance on interpretive engagement with fragmented and subjective discourse.
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Why we read fiction: theory of mind and the novel
Lisa Zunshine · Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 1.2K citations · Full text
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