Descripción del proyecto
Formación innovadora para el estudio empírico de la literatura
Según múltiples estudios, la literatura ofrece beneficios emocionales y psíquicos, y además cubre una necesidad social. De hecho, la lectura ayuda a mejorar la empatía, el razonamiento y el autocontrol. Se calcula que el 20 % de los europeos no puede leer con eficacia. Los resultados científicos apuntan a que se dedica poco tiempo a la lectura. Se reconoce además que es necesario desentrañar los procesos neurocognitivos relacionados con la lectura de material literario mediante métodos empíricos modernos y de implicación en los que la empatía resulta fundamental. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos ELIT ofrecerá formación innovadora e interdisciplinaria a una nueva generación de investigadores en el estudio empírico de la literatura. Es también una reacción a la carencia de programas de doctorado en Europa.
Objetivo
In Europe one in five people lacks adequate reading skills. Additionally, research shows that the amount of time spend reading is in decline and becoming more intermittent and fragmented. This is alarming, since recent empirical research shows that literary reading, by virtue of its appeal to first-person experience, yields unique cognitive and emotional benefits, such as enhancing the capacity for empathy, social inference, and emotional self-regulation. To arrive at a deeper understanding of how reading literature can lead to positive societal effects, more fundamental research is needed first. We need to clarify the (neuro)-cognitive processes that are crucial to literary reading in theoretical models. Model development should go hand in hand with the elaboration of novel empirical methods to test them. In addition, we need to investigate forms of narrative engagement and types of literary texts in which empathy plays an important role. Narrative engagement is an important contributor to reading enjoyment. Once these processes and literary experiences are mapped out, we can explore the effects of literary reading on mental well-being. To answer these questions, we propose to set up an ETN that aims to train a new generation of innovative and interdisciplinary researchers in the empirical study of literature: The Empirical Study of Literature Training Network (ELIT). As there are currently no interdisciplinary doctoral programs available across Europe, we developed a new program that revolves around comprehensive and integrative training that emphasizes the multidimensionality of reading. ELIT will stimulate true interdisciplinary research: our doctoral candidates will combine theory-driven approaches with various empirical methods. We will be collaborating closely with a range of non-academic partners to draw in valuable insights about how reading can fulfil certain societal needs.
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MSCA-ITN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN)Coordinador
37129 Verona
Italia