Thoughts on the Four Questions: An Addition to Shkurkin's Post

If anyone didn't notice Shkurkin has a pretty good post about what the authors have said about the first three questions. Just want to add to that by adding my thoughts about question 4

Audience coordinate imaginatively with the author/ each other on that content [CONTENT]?


Aristotle: Certain plot elements generate universal emotions. For example, tragedy arouse pity/fear

Walton: Use of props assist in collective imagination (Collectively agreeing upon what is to be imagined in a certain scenario)

Walton: Experiencing a mimetic artwork with someone else is different than watching it alone.

Gerrig: Certain fictional truths are generated by a majority of the audience, while some are logically apparent but ignored (ex. Mona Lisa has a liver).

Clarke/Gerrig: Audience recognizes the difference between aspects of demonstration (Decoupling principle).



In addition, I wanted to give some insights on what Quotations as Demonstrations has to say about the other three questions:

[Imagination]/[Play] Direct quotes are better than indirect quotes because we can re-experience more vividly in our imagination the scenario when the quote is direct.

[Mimesis] Four aspects of demonstration involved in mimesis (Depictive, Supportive, Annotative, and Incidental Aspects).



This is just my rough sketch of the four questions, and I hope others can expand on it.