3 Quotes & Sayings By Mikkel Wallentin

Mikkel Wallentin is a Danish author, journalist and film director. He is known for his dual role as a film director and as a screenwriter. He was born in Odense, Denmark, and educated at the University of Aarhus. He has written several novels, including "The City of Lamps" which was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize Read more

His most recent work is "The Refuge", a book about refugees who have fled war-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The book was published in English in 2015, translated by Jonathan Wright.

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Narratives are universally used for mediating emotional experiences. The purpose of aesthetic objects has been defined, in part, as 'the awakening, intensifying, or maintaining of definite emotional states' (Lee, 1913: 99—100). When we read or hear stories, we put aside our own goals and plans, and we temporarily replace our own goals and plans with those of the story characters. Mikkel Wallentin
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...empathy is the driving force behind the experience of emotions in narratives (Keen, 2006; Mar et al., 2006; Oatley, 2011). Mikkel Wallentin