AU
Re-reading for wellbeing
✓ Fully Funded
⏰ Closing Soon
🎓 English Literature
🎓 Languages
🎓 Literature and Culture
🎓 Sociology
cognitive stylistics
linguistics
literary studies
reader response
reading practices
wellbeing
Fully funded PhD at Aston University exploring re-reading practices and their impact on reader wellbeing using cognitive stylistics and empirical research.
Project Description
This PhD project investigates the phenomenon of re-reading and its effects on reader experience and wellbeing.
The research will explore how and why readers return to texts and how repeated readings influence interpretation, attention, and emotional response. Using cognitive stylistic frameworks, the project will analyse how reader perspectives evolve across multiple readings.
The study will include an empirical component, collecting data on reader responses to examine links between re-reading, empathy, and wellbeing. The project is based within the Aston Stylistics Research Centre, contributing to interdisciplinary work across linguistics, literary studies, and psychology.
Entry Requirements
First or Upper Second Class undergraduate degree and a Master’s degree (Merit or Distinction) in a relevant field
• Background in applied linguistics or cognitive stylistics
• Experience in empirical literary studies or reader response analysis (desirable)
• English language proficiency (if applicable)
• Background in applied linguistics or cognitive stylistics
• Experience in empirical literary studies or reader response analysis (desirable)
• English language proficiency (if applicable)
How to Apply
Submit a full application including transcripts, research statement, personal statement, CV, references, proof of English proficiency, and passport copy.
Eligibility
UK/Home
EU
International
Supervisor Profile
DC
Dr Chloe Harrison; Dr Natalia Stanulewicz-BuckleyC
Aston University, College of Business and Social Sciences
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