TY - JOUR
T1 - Genre scripts and appreciation of negative emotion in the reception of film
AU - Tan, Ed S.
AU - Visch, Valentijn
N1 - In response to: The Distancing-Embracing model of the enjoyment of negative emotions in art reception
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The Distancing-Embracing model reserves a role for genre scripts in the hedonic valuation of negative emotion in art. Genre scripts, as defined in the target article, leave higher-level recipient intuitions out of scope. We argue that, in film genre scripts, lower-level stylistic features lend access to more complex conceptual knowledge, including pragmatic principles. The argument implies a consideration of the communicative dimension of aesthetic works, which could strengthen both factors of the Distancing-Embracing model.
AB - The Distancing-Embracing model reserves a role for genre scripts in the hedonic valuation of negative emotion in art. Genre scripts, as defined in the target article, leave higher-level recipient intuitions out of scope. We argue that, in film genre scripts, lower-level stylistic features lend access to more complex conceptual knowledge, including pragmatic principles. The argument implies a consideration of the communicative dimension of aesthetic works, which could strengthen both factors of the Distancing-Embracing model.
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X17001844
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X17001844
M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 40
SP - 40
EP - 41
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences: an international journal of current research and theory with open peer commentary
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences: an international journal of current research and theory with open peer commentary
M1 - e367
ER -