Toward a Cognitive Theory of Narrative Acts (Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0292728883 ISBN 13: 9780292728882

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 2010

Synopsis

Toward a Cognitive Theory of Narrative Acts brings together in one volume cutting-edge research that turns to recent findings in cognitive and neurobiological sciences, psychology, linguistics, philosophy, and evolutionary biology, among other disciplines, to explore and understand more deeply various cultural phenomena, including art, music, literature, and film. The essays fulfilling this task for the general reader as well as the specialist are written by renowned authors H. Porter Abbott, Patrick Colm Hogan, Suzanne Keen, Herbert Lindenberger, Lisa Zunshine, Katja Mellman, Lalita Pandit Hogan, Klarina Priborkin, Javier Gutiérrez-Rexach, Ellen Spolsky, and Richard Walsh. Among the works analyzed are plays by Samuel Beckett, novels by Maxine Hong Kingston, music compositions by Igor Stravinsky, art by Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin, and films by Michael Haneke. Each of the essays shows in a systematic, clear, and precise way how music, art, literature, and film work in and of themselves and also how they are interconnected. Finally, while each of the essays is unique in style and methodological approach, together they show the way toward a unified knowledge of artistic creativity.

About this title

About the Author:

FREDERICK LUIS ALDAMA is Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English at the Ohio State University, where he founded and directs LASER/Latino and Latin American Space for Enrichment and Research.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0292728883
• ISBN 13: 9780292728882
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Aldama Frederick Luis