Bodily involvement in readers’ online book reviews: applying Text World Theory to examine absorption in unprompted reader response

Abstract David Miall was, for many scholars, the person welcoming them into field of empirical literary studies. The research he conducted together with Don Kuiken on effects stylistic features reading, a central role (self-modifying) feeling (cf. Miall, S. & Kuiken. 1994. Foregrounding, defamiliarization, and affect: Response to stories. Poetics 22(5). 389–407) has been inspirational foundation much in this other fields, such as cognitive poetics. By combining methods from traditional reading (such close reading), more commonly used psychology experimental designs self-report questionnaires), gave new depth concept reader response (Whiteley, Sara Patricia Canning. 2017. Reader stylistics. Language Literature 26(2). 71–87), concerning himself actual readers’ testimonials. In honour David, paper will present not text, but particular testimonial, namely an online book review. applying informed by Text World Theory, I attempt show how social context which review was written influenced expression narrative absorption experienced during reading. Consequently, argue expansion just methodological toolbox we use investigate story world itself.