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What happens to you when you read?

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This course explores what happens during reading, including memory, empathy, transportation into story worlds, responses to characters and genre, and the historical and therapeutic benefits of reading and writing.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Stories: what do you remember?
  • 1 Stories: what do you remember?
  • 1.1 The order of a story
  • 2 The benefits of being a bookworm
  • 2 The benefits of being a bookworm
  • 3 The experience of reading
  • 3 The experience of reading
  • 4 Empathy
  • 4 Empathy
  • 5 What happens to you as you read?
  • 5 What happens to you as you read?
  • 5.1 How do you relate to characters in a story?
  • 5.2 Creative writing
  • 6 Exploring the story world
  • 6 Exploring the story world
  • 7 How did you relate to the story world?
  • 7 How did you relate to the story world?
  • 7.1 Story world and genre
  • 8 Transportation and empathy
  • 8 Transportation and empathy
  • 9 What did reading do to you?
  • 9 What did reading do to you?
  • 10 Reading throughout history
  • 11 Therapeutic benefits of writing and reading
  • Conclusion
  • Where next?
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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  • Qurat Ul Aien Bhat
    I found this course very helpful as a beginner.
    It is a step to step guide , written in simple words.
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