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foregrounding: a standalone construct

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Empirical literary studies

stylistic features of literary text that stand out from ordinary language, slowing reading and evoking feeling and reinterpretation.

In empirical literary studies, foregrounding refers to stylistic features of literary text that stand out from ordinary language, slowing reading and evoking feeling and reinterpretation. This meaning comes from Miall (1994) in Poetics.[1]

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References

  1. Miall, D. S., & Kuiken, D. (1994). Foregrounding, defamiliarization, and affect: Response to literary stories. Poetics, 22(5), 389-407. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-422x(94)00011-5

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