Abstract
Chapter 4 addresses how effects of narrative cognitive dissonance incite in viewers an urge to make meaning, and therefore asks how viewers cope with dissonant experiences in narrative fiction. This chapter offers an overview of the different interpretive strategies and hermeneutic manoeuvres that viewers may utilise to ‘tame’ troubling or puzzling dissonances in narrative artworks. Regarding the reception and interpretation of highly complex stories, it aim to answer relevant questions such as ‘How do viewers usually make sense of or assign meaning to contradictory and impossible narrative elements?’, ‘What kinds of interpretive activity do these challenging films evoke in viewers?’ and ‘How do such interpretive activities shape our viewing experiences?’.
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