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Post by scrapsotime on May 26, 2015 5:07:49 GMT
My adult children would get it but tell you it comes from a movie (League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) and may be able to connect it to the book. I would have known it before seeing the same movie and I've never read the book. This post will show my ignorance...isn't League of Extraordinary Gentleman a superhero movie? I though @eddie-n-Harley 's reference was to an Oscar Wilde novel? Does the same plot line occur in the Superhero movie? League of Extraordinary Gentlemen could be considered a literary superhero movie. Characters are Allan Quartermain, Captain Nemo, Dr Jekyll, Mina Harker, The Invisible Man, Dorian Grey, and Tom Sawyer. |
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Post by Sassenach on May 26, 2015 5:30:37 GMT
Here is an interesting article from the New York Times about brain function while reading fiction.
Your Brain on FictionFrom the article: " Stories, this research is showing, stimulate the brain and even change how we act in life." The brain, it seems, does not make much of a distinction between reading about an experience and encountering it in real life; in each case, the same neurological regions are stimulated. Keith Oatley, an emeritus professor of cognitive psychology at the University of Toronto (and a published novelist), has proposed that reading produces a vivid simulation of reality, one that “runs on minds of readers just as computer simulations run on computers.” Fiction — with its redolent details, imaginative metaphors and attentive descriptions of people and their actions — offers an especially rich replica. Indeed, in one respect novels go beyond simulating reality to give readers an experience unavailable off the page: the opportunity to enter fully into other people’s thoughts and feelings. |
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Post by peaname on May 26, 2015 13:24:23 GMT
I find that limiting screen time is key to reading old fashioned books.
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Post by alittleintrepid on May 26, 2015 13:24:31 GMT
This post will show my ignorance...isn't League of Extraordinary Gentleman a superhero movie? I though @eddie-n-Harley 's reference was to an Oscar Wilde novel? Does the same plot line occur in the Superhero movie? League of Extraordinary Gentlemen could be considered a literary superhero movie. Characters are Allan Quartermain, Captain Nemo, Dr Jekyll, Mina Harker, The Invisible Man, Dorian Grey, and Tom Sawyer. Thanks....so we are all talking about Dorian Grey! I bet that could be a catalyst to get many reluctant preteens reading! |
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Post by cyndijane on May 26, 2015 13:33:18 GMT
Sorry. I did make it sound like I want him to love reading. No, I do not. And now that I'm going to tell you this, it sounds silly, but I want him to admit that reading books is a worthwhile thing. I actually do not care - really - that he loves it. I want him to admit that everything he thinks is not valid and sometimes there are other valid things. FWIW, I love math with a passion. I loved all my subjects, but I struggled with science. That said, I value science enormously. Even though I am not very good at it! ETA: I hope this makes sense. My son is knocking all fiction as a way of the past. Not that he personally just doesn't like it, but that no one should get anything out of it. I want to show him that people do get things out of it. Yep, you just need to let it go. He's 14, and is still in the process of making up his mind. Right now, he's decided he's not going to agree with you.  |
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Post by oldcrow on May 26, 2015 14:03:23 GMT
Sorry. I did make it sound like I want him to love reading. No, I do not. And now that I'm going to tell you this, it sounds silly, but I want him to admit that reading books is a worthwhile thing. I actually do not care - really - that he loves it. I want him to admit that everything he thinks is not valid and sometimes there are other valid things. FWIW, I love math with a passion. I loved all my subjects, but I struggled with science. That said, I value science enormously. Even though I am not very good at it! ETA: I hope this makes sense. My son is knocking all fiction as a way of the past. Not that he personally just doesn't like it, but that no one should get anything out of it. I want to show him that people do get things out of it. He is at an age you will NOT get this response. If you ever want him to acknowledge it you have to let go of it now. He is a few years from being willing to admit that anything an adult says is true. So very true. Patience is a virtue - I think that is written somewhere. There are many people out there who do not enjoy fiction but they do enjoy reading. |
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