?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Beyond+the+schema+given%3A+Affective+comprehension+of+literary+narratives.&rft.creator=Miall%2C+David+S.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=The+narratives+studied+by+schema-based+models+or+story+grammars+are+generally+simpler+than+those+found+in+literary+texts%2C+such+as+short+stories+or+novels.+Literary+narratives+are+indeterminate%2C+exhibiting+conflicts+between+schemata+and+frequent+ambiguities+in+the+status+of+narrative+elements.+An+account+of+the+process+of+comprehending+such+complex+narratives+is+beyond+the+reach+of+purely+cognitive+models.+It+is+argued+that+during+comprehension+response+is+controlled+by+affect%2C+which+directs+the+creation+of+schemata+more+adequate+to+the+text.+Several+properties+of+affect+that+make+it+appropriate+for+this+model+of+narrative+are+discussed.+A+short+story+by+Virginia+Woolf+is+analysed+in+the+light+of+the+proposed+model.+A+study+with+readers+of+this+story+is+described%2C+which+illustrates+the+process+of+schema+formation%3A+Shifts+in+the+relative+importance+of+story+phrases+across+the+reading+and+the+comments+made+by+readers+point+to+a+process+of+schema+creation+under+the+control+of+affect.+It+is+argued+that+affect+may+play+a+more+productive+role+in+cognitive+processes+than+is+generally+acknowledged.&rft.date=1989&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F688%2F1%2FBeyond_s.htm&rft.identifier=++Miall%2C+David+S.++(1989)+Beyond+the+schema+given%3A+Affective+comprehension+of+literary+narratives.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F688%2F