Fiction as a research method

Abstract

The article is carried out in the frameworks of studying the problem of reading and readers typology related to the characteristics of a type of reading called a creative one. Under creative reading (as opposed to other types) fiction can be used in research activity. It is proved that the use of fiction is a scientific method for creative readers, and many scientists, including psychologists, successfully use it.

Keywords

• fiction
• literary text
• poetry
• psychological task
• scientific method
• basic requirements for scientific method
• l. s. vygotsky
• b. m. teplov
• v. p. zinchenko