Cognitive grammar in literature chloe harrison, louise. The cambridge handbook of stylistics edited by peter stockwell. Though intended as a companion volume to peter stockwells 2002 textbook cognitive poetics. An introduction, the reader is encouraged to reevaluate the categories used to understand literary reading and. It is suggested that schema theory, while containing many flaws in general, nevertheless offers an appropriate degree of delicacy for the exploration of sf. An introduction to the nature and functions of language with howard jackson and the poetics of science fiction. Skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. This book builds feeling and embodied experience on to the insights into meaningfulness which the cognitive approach to literature has achieved in recent years. Books by peter stockwell author of cognitive poetics. This book is the first introductory text to this growing field. An introduction is essential reading for students on stylistics and literarylinguistic courses, and will be of interest to all those involved in literary studies, critical theory and linguistics. Poetic conventions as cognitive fossils offers a major theoretical statement of where poetic conventions come from. An introduction, the reader is encouraged to reevaluate the categories used to understand literary reading and analysis. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app.
Cognitive poetics is a new way of thinking about literature, involving the application of cognitive linguistics and psychology to literary texts. Informed by cognitive linguistics and the psychology of cognition, a strong tradition of cognitive poetics has become established within stylistics, serving as a powerful challenge to the psychological fallacy in particular. Cognitive poetics and literary theory journal of literary theory. Cognitive poetics is a new way of thinking about literature, involving the application of cognitive. Cognitive poetics in practice joanna gavins download.
Ronald langacker, mark turner, gerard steen, joanna gavins and peter stockwell. I am a stylistician at the university of nottingham, where i hold the chair in literary. Peter stockwell texture represents the latest advance in cognitive poetics. His broad expertise in cognitive literary studies and linguistics led him to publish about schema poetics, literary resonance, mindmodelling and conceptual metaphors in a wide array of texts.
Accessibly written and readerfocused, the book invites further explorations either individually or within a classroom setting. Schema poetics the application of the theory to the literary context is used to discuss speculative cosmology, with a focus on the work of the australian sf writer greg egan. Peter stockwell university of nottingham edited several volumes on stylistics, and authored a seminal introduction to cognitive poetics 2002. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Covering a wide range of literary genres and historical periods, the book encompasses both american and european approaches. The cognitive poetics of literary resonance volume 1 issue 1 peter stockwell. Available formats pdf please select a format to send. Jan 01, 2016 buy cognitive poetics 2 by stockwell, peter isbn.
An introduction routledge 2002, the poetics of science fiction, investigating. Today, the enrichment of literary studies by a cognitive poetics is a feature of literary research internationally. Pdf cognitive poetics, the application of cognitive science to illuminate the study of literary reading, is maturing as a discipline. This book is critical reading for students on courses in cognitive poetics, stylistics and literary linguistics and will be of interest to all those involved in literary studies, critical theory and linguistics. The cognitive turn in the arts and humanities has been especially influential in stylistics, where there is no question it has been the main conduit for insights from cognitive science into literary studies. Sep 03, 2006 this clearly written and wellorganized introductory textbook provides an overview of the fledgling discipline or interdiscipline referred to by stockwell as cognitive poetics and by other researchers as cognitive stylistics or when the focus is on narrative in particular cognitive narratology. Peter stockwell s most popular book is cognitive poetics. Cognitive poetics and literary theory abstract fulllength article in. Peter stockwell of university of nottingham, nottingham notts read 32 publications contact peter stockwell. Peter stockwell cognitive poetics an introduction world.
According to peter stockwell, practitioners of cognitive poetics do not merely use literary texts as data to illustrate insights made in cognitive linguistics and. Studies cognitive linguistics, sociolinguistics, and literary linguistics. Peter stockwell, university of nottingham, english department, faculty member. This ebook builds feeling and embodied adventure directly to the insights into meaningfulness which the cognitive method of literature has completed in recent times. Peter stockwell is senior lecturer at the university of nottingham. The application of cognitive science to literary scholarship. Peter stockwell cognitive poetics is a new way of thinking about literature, involving the application of cognitive linguistics and psychology to literary texts. It has ties to readerresponse criticism, and also has a grounding in modern principles of cognitive linguistics. Pdf cognitive poetics download full pdf book download. Buy peter stockwell ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device.
First published 2002 by routledge 11 new fetter lane, london ec4p 4ee simultaneously published in the usa and canada. Cognitive poetics pdf peter stockwell cognitive poetics an introduction. Cognitive poetics by professor peter stockwell, 9780415258951, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. He is the author or editor of 30 books in literary stylistics, sociolinguistics and cognitive poetics, including texture edinburgh university press, cognitive poetics routledge, the poetics of science fiction pearson, and the coedited volumes the language and literature reader routledge. Peter stockwells most popular book is cognitive poetics. Cognitive grammar in literature chloe harrison, louise nuttall, peter stockwell, wenjuan yuan this is the first book to present an account of literary meaning and effects drawing on our best understanding of mind and language in the form of a cognitive grammar. Peter stockwell cognitive poetics and literary theory cognitive poetics, the application of cognitive science to illuminate the study of literary reading, is maturing as a discipline. In this chapter, we take the middle extent of the field of cognitive poetics. The cognitive poetics of literary resonance neuro humanities studies. General interest the cambridge handbook of stylistics edited by peter stockwell skip to main content accessibility help we use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. This paper argues that cognitive poetics is best seen as the latest development in the progressive evolution of stylistics. An introduction, the reader is encouraged to reevaluate the categori.
With chloe harrison in jeannette littlemore and john taylor eds 2014 the companion to cognitive linguistics, london. The work comprises reuven tsurs research in cognitive poetics to show how conventional poetic styles originate from cognitive rather than cultural principles. Dr sarah whiteley english the university of sheffield. A pioneering text in its first edition, this revised publication of cognitive poetics offers a rigorous and principled approach to literary reading and analysis. Cognitive poetics an introduction peter stockwell london and new york. The term cognitive poetics was coined by reuven tsur in the 1970s to refer to his own research in the. The cognitive poetics of literary resonance peter stockwell university of nottingham abstract the application of cognitive science to literary scholarship in the form of a cognitive poetics oers the opportunity for accounting for many features of literary reading that have been rendered only in vague or impressionistic terms in the past.
Jun 27, 2002 cognitive poetics is a new way of thinking about literature, involving the application of cognitive linguistics and psychology to literary texts. The book builds feeling and embodied experience on to the insights into meaningfulness which the cognitive approach to literature has achieved in recent years. An introduction, also published by routledge, this book is fully autonomous and can be used on its own. A multimodal approach an international workshop organized by the toronto semiotic circle and funded by the social sciences and humanities research council of canada, with the support of victoria university in the university of toronto, was held at victoria college, june 1012, 2009. Aesthetics, cognitive poetics, cognitivism, deixis, literature, stylistics at a conference in copenhagen, which i attended recently with reuven tsur. Encouraging the reader to adopt a fresh approach to understanding literature and literary analyses, each chapter introduces a different framework within cognitive poetics and relates it to a literary text. Peter stockwell peter stockwellis senior lecturer in the school of english studies at the university of nottingham, uk, where his interests include sociolinguistics, stylistics and cognitive poetics.
Cognitive poetics, the application of cognitive science to illuminate the. Cognitive poetics is a school of literary criticism that applies the principles of cognitive science. In the process, the book questions later critical theoretical views of language that have distorted our ideas about both surrealism and language itself. The cognitive poetics of literary resonance language and.
This thoroughly revised edition of cognitive poetics includes an expanded further reading section and updated explorations and discussion points, making it essential reading for students on literary theory and stylistics courses, as well as a fundamental tool for. Schema poetics and speculative cosmology peter stockwell. This handbook is the definitive account of the field, drawing on linguistics and related subject areas such. Cognitive poetics, the application of cognitive science to illuminate the study of. Cognitive poetics chloe harrison and peter stockwell the origins and principles of cognitive poetics the explicit application of cognitive science to literary.
Cognitive linguistic approaches to text and discourse. My research interests lie at the interface between language and literature, in the disciplines of stylistics, cognitive poetics and. The explicit application of cognitive science to literary studies has a fairly recent history. Cognitive poetics by professor peter stockwell alibris. Texture a cognitive aesthetics of reading 9780748625826. I joined the university of sheffield as a lecturer in english language and literature in september 2012, having previously taught at the university of chester. Cognitive poetics chloe harrison and peter stockwell the origins. Peter stockwell has 29 books on goodreads with 501 ratings. Cognitive poetics is a relatively new and still emerging discipline in the field of literary studies and involves the critical practice of understanding and analyzing literary texts in terms of cognitive linguistics and psychology.
Masterclass with peter stockwell university of nottingham. Click download or read online button to get cognitive poetics in practice book now. General interest the cambridge handbook of stylistics edited by peter stockwell. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Texture represents the most recent boost in cognitive poetics. Cognitive poetics is a school of literary criticism that applies the principles of cognitive science, particularly cognitive psychology, to the interpretation of literary texts. Cognitive poetics and literary theory abstract stockwell. Peter stockwell peter stockwell is chair in literary linguistics at the university of nottingham, uk. Peter stockwell school of english studies, nottingham university, uk 1 the landscape of modern linguistics at the turn of the millennium, the two most rapidly developing fields of modern linguistics are cognitive linguistics cl and critical discourse analysis cda. Stockwell draws on recent work in cognitive poetics and literary linguistics to reevaluate surrealism in its own historical setting. Peter stockwell is professor of literary linguistics at the university of nottingham, uk.
Peter stockwell university of nottingham, nottingham. Pdf cartographies of cognitive poetics peter stockwell. A resource book for students, contextualised stylistics. The language of surrealism peter stockwell download. Cognitive poetics in practice download ebook pdf, epub. A pioneering text in its first edition, this revised publication of cognitive poetics offers a rigorous and principled approach to literary reading and analysis the second edition of this seminal text features. Clic dickens novel uses of concordances for the integration of corpus stylistics and cognitive poetics corpora. Pdf cognitive poetics and literary theory researchgate. Ebook human sciences languages linguistics peter stockwell. Cognitive poetics, the application of cognitive science to illuminate the study of literary reading, is maturing as a discipline. He has worked on the language and cognition of science fiction starting with his book, the poetics of science fiction longman, 2000, and has since published over 20 books and 70 research papers. A cognitive aesthetics of reading by peter stockwell pdf. Cognitive poetics in practice can be used on its own or as a companion volume to peter stockwell s cognitive poetics. An introduction by peter stockwell find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
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