Cognitive Poetics in PracticeJoanna Gavins, Gerard Steen Cognitive Poetics is a new way of thinking about literature, involving the application of cognitive linguistics and psychology to literary texts. This student-friendly book provides a set of case studies to help students understand the theory and master the practice of cognitive poetics in analysis. |
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... scenario for the understanding of any love poem. It may be usefully related to the discussion by Gibbs of the role of all concepts during the online reading process, which demonstrates the thin line between structural prerequisites and ...
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Contents
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Surreal figures | 13 |
the edges of figures | 20 |
Prototypes in dynamic meaning construal | 27 |
Prototypes as scripts in text understanding | 33 |
adventures in space and time | 41 |
Further activities | 54 |
Concluding discussion | 63 |
Mental space theory and A very short story | 89 |
Further activities | 98 |
Literature as parable | 115 |
Too much blague? An exploration of the text worlds | 129 |
a cognitive poetic analysis of twists | 145 |
the future of cognitive poetics | 161 |
Emotions rasas and the personal | 167 |
References | 175 |