So, in period 1 today we were discussing suspension of belief. Suspension of belief, in my opinion, is about the reader believing in the fiction thing they are reading, whether it be a magazine, novel or poem; the readers suspends their judgement regarding the 'impossibility' of the narrative. I think that if the reader believes in whatever they are reading, they will not only be able to empathise more strongly with the passage, but I think the story will have a greater effect on them as they will have a better understanding.
For example, we looked at the 'memoirs of a geisha' and the translators note at the beginning of the book implies that it's a journalist from New York writing the book, when actually it's written by a completely different author - perfectly demonstrating suspension of belief :)
I didn't realise how often it happens - even the phrase 'based on a true story' makes you believe the novel is true, when it probably based on something minor like the street name. But nevertheless, I'm sure i will continue falling for it every time!
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