The Affective Turn in Contemporary Fiction.

Modern literature; Sympathy; Affect (Psychology); Never Let Me Go (Book : Ishiguro); Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-; Radcliffe, Ann Ward, 1764-1823; Mysteries of Udolpho, The (Book : Radcliffe)

The article discusses the literary transformation in contemporary fiction. Topics discussed include the portrayal of human emotion through interdisciplinary conversation on affect, analysis of the theory of sympathy and emotion by identifying protagonists in novels, and problem associated with singularity of nonpersonhood. Also examined are works of several novelists including Kazuo Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go" and Ann Radcliffe's "The Mysteries of Udolpho."