Hogan Cognitive Science, Literature, and the Arts

A Guide for Humanists
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-136-06970-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

The rise cognitive science has been one of the most important intellectual developments of recent years, stimulating new approaches to everything from philosophy to film studies. This is an introduction to what cognitive science has to offer the humanities and particularly the study of literature. Hogan suggests how the human brain works and makes us feel in response to literature. He walks the reader through all of the major theories of cognitive science that are important for the humanities in order to understand the production and reception of literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hogan, Patrick Colm

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. The Dustheap of History: Why Cognitive Science Now?
Chapter 1. My Favorite Things: Thinking Jazz
Chapter 2. Is It Cognitive Science Yet? (Some Basic Principles)
Chapter 3. The Author: Maestros and Geniuses
Chapter 4. The Text (I): Where the Metaphors Are
Chapter 5. The Text (II): Narrative, or Getting the Story Straight
Chapter 6. The Reader: How Literature Makes Us Feel
Chapter 7. From Mind to Matter: Art, Empathy, and the Brain
Chapter 8. The Evolutionary Turn: Blindness and Insight in the Explanation of Art and Mind
Works Cited

Über Autor(innen)

Patrick Colm Hogan is Professor of English and Comparative literature at the University of Connecticut.His many books include The Culture of Conformism, Philosophical Approaches to the Study of Literature, Colonialism and Cultural Identity, and The Politics of Interpretation.