Stories Are to Entertain

Brewer, W. F., & Lichtenstein, E. H. (1982). Stories Are to Entertain: A Structural-Affect Theory of Stories. Journal of Pragmatics, 473-486.

Type

Journal article

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Primary research

Year

1982

Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-2166(82)90021-2verified

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