Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 540 g
Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 540 g
Reihe: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature
ISBN: 978-1-032-73334-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This book is about the dynamic processes that generate novel-reading. It takes the view that the world is composed of dynamic processes and introduces a process dynamics approach to articulate this stance. This fresh perspective draws on literary studies, process philosophy and neuroscience to argue that dynamic literary and microcognitive processes constantly reconfigure the conditions that they co-create during reading. Analyses of The PowerBook by Jeanette Winterson, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon and Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood consider style, narration, allusion and creativity in interaction with diverse microcognitive processes involved in reading. The analyses are strengthened by taking live action into account, illuminating changes that many critical perspectives miss or standardise and avoiding reliance on illusory ideal readers and readings. In proposing a process approach to dynamics and its analysis, this book paves the way for new research across disciplines.
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Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Theorising process dynamics
Process and change: process philosophy
Instability and reconfiguration: complexity theory
Dynamic co-creation: cognitive science of reading
Towards dynamic reading processes: cognition in literary studies
Key process dynamics concepts
3 Perturbations, style and microcognition
Grammar and microcognition: The.PowerBook
Characterisation and microcognition: Oryx and Crake
Humour and microcognition: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
4 Morpharchy, narration, working memory and time
Narration, working memory and morpharchy
Fictional time, experienced time and morpharchy
5 Dispersal, allusions and memory
Literary allusions, neural activations and dispersal
Interdisciplinary allusions, memory and dispersal
6 Creativity, fiction and reading
Un/orthodoxy and attention: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Black novelties and association: Oryx and Crake
Storytelling and creativity: The.PowerBook
7 Conclusion
Index
