- 著者
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田中 麻巳
- 出版者
- 日本読書学会
- 雑誌
- 読書科学 (ISSN:0387284X)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.58, no.2, pp.74-86, 2016-08-12 (Released:2016-11-04)
- 参考文献数
- 15
- 被引用文献数
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2
This article attempts to clarify the effects of illustrations of novels on reading. A number of studies have focused on the effects of illustrations on “children's” reading activities. Not much is available on the effects on “adults'” reading activities, so the focus of this study is what effects illustrations have when adults read novels.Thirty people were recruited and divided into two groups. The subjects in one group read a novel with illustrations, and the other read the same novel without illustrations. Next, the subjects were asked questions concerning the reading: 1)their understanding of the content, 2)imagination 3)the degree of interest. The answers of the two groups were then compared.In conclusion, it was revealed that illustrations of novels did not affect the understanding of the content and the degree of interest; however, illustrations did have an impact on imagination. This indicates that illustrations have influence in case authors want to give readers common images and express their images more faithfully.