The Mystery of Reader Anticipation

Have you ever wondered how readers read and predict plot? What, in a mystery story, can make readers certain of guilt or innocence? Do readers actually read the way that narrative theorists believe, or do they have an entirely different way of predicting the outcome of a story? In this thesis, Sharon Cooper uses empirical evidence to better understand these questions, and to test the theories of many great narrative theorists.

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Sharon Cooper graduated from Brandeis University with honors in English, history, and creative writing. She currently lives in California, where she works managing a hotel in the mountains.