Literature and Understanding investigates the cognitive gain from literature by focussing on a reader's close analysis of a literary text. It examines the meaning of 'literature', outlines the most prominent positions in the literary cognitivism debate, explores the practice of close reading from a philosophical perspective, provides a fresh account of what we mean by 'understanding' and in so doing opens up a new area of research in the philosophy of literature.
This book provides a different reply to the challenge that we can't learn anything worthwhile from reading literary fiction. It makes the innovative case that reading literary fiction as literature rather than as fiction stimulates five relevant senses of understanding. The book uses examples of irony, metaphor, play with perspective and ambiguity to illustrate this contention. Before arguing that these five senses of understanding bridge the gap between our understanding of a literary text and our understanding of the world beyond that text.
The book will be of great interest for researchers, scholars and post-graduate students in the fields of aesthetics, literary theory, literature in education and pedagogy.
Автор: McGregor Rafe Название: The Value of Literature ISBN: 1783489235 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783489237 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 125730.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Value of Literature provides an original and compelling argument for the historical and contemporary significance of literature to humanity.
Автор: Jukka Mikkonen Название: The Cognitive Value of Philosophical Fiction ISBN: 1472579666 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472579669 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 40120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Can literary fictions convey significant philosophical views, understood in terms of propositional knowledge? This study addresses the philosophical value of literature by examining how literary works impart philosophy truth and knowledge and to what extent the works should be approached as communications of their authors. Beginning with theories of fiction, it examines the case against the prevailing 'pretence' and 'make-believe' theories of fiction hostile to propositional theories of literary truth. Tackling further arguments against the cognitive function and value of literature, this study illustrates how literary works can contribute to knowledge by making assertions and suggestions and by providing hypotheses for the reader to assess. Through clear analysis of the concept of the author, the role of the authorial intention and the different approaches to the 'meaning' of a literary work, this study provides an historical survey to the cognitivist-anti-cognitivist dispute, introducing contemporary trends in the discussion before presenting a novel approach to recognizing the cognitive function of literature. An important contribution to philosophical studies of literature and knowledge.
Автор: Small Helen Название: Value of the Humanities ISBN: 0199683867 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199683864 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 39590.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In The Value of the Humanities prize-winning critic Helen Small assesses the value of the Humanities, eloquently examining five historical arguments in defence of the Humanities.
Автор: Chris Brown Название: Scenes, Semiotics and The New Real ISBN: 1137591110 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137591111 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 53100.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book provides a semiotic analysis of `scenes`, powerful vehicles for introducing new ideas, perspectives and behaviours, as a concept. In particular, it examines the types of scene that exist; explores their effectiveness in spreading new ideas; and considers their vital role in introducing originality and difference in modern society.
Автор: McGregor Rafe Название: Value of Literature ISBN: 1783489243 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783489244 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 40590.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The Value of Literature provides an original and compelling argument for the historical and contemporary significance of literature to humanity.
Автор: Donald Hedrick Название: Shakespeare and Fun: The Birth of Entertainment Value ISBN: 1350002844 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350002845 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 79200.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In this decisively innovative approach to Shakespeare’s plays through their competitive relation to other choices from London’s vast entertainment industry, Donald Hedrick recovers a coherent internal dynamic of theatre’s 'pleasure enclosure' accompanying the revolutionary logic of capital’s new cultural and economic 'extremes'. Applying these relations to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello and The Taming of the Shrew, he draws from cultural studies, contemporary and personal parallels, and wide-ranging historical materials: the semantic shift in keywords of pleasure anticipating the term 'fun', the practice of betting on actors, the psychology of the change of paying admission before an entertainment, and 'reality shows' of improvised contests of prose and verse. Continual insights emerge, both broad and specific: from ten 'entertainment value axioms' to Shakespeare’s awareness of entertainment value’s 'birth' at moments in his late plays, marking the end of a career that explored the value crisis of 'too much fun'.
Автор: Timothy Clark Название: The Value of Ecocriticism ISBN: 1107095298 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107095298 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 51750.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book offers a brief, incisive and accessible overview of the fast-changing field of environmental literary criticism in a bewildering age of global environmental threat. It will be a key resource for students, graduates and scholars working in the area of literature and the environment.
Автор: Geoffrey Sanborn Название: The Value of Herman Melville ISBN: 1108471447 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108471442 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 36960.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In this book, Geoffrey Sanborn explores the writings of Herman Melville across his career, focusing in particular on Moby-Dick, `Bartleby, the Scrivener`, `Benito Cereno`, and Billy Budd, and examines the distinctive qualities of his style. This is a key resource for undergraduates, graduates and lecturers in American literature courses.
Автор: Garrett Stewart Название: The Value of Style in Fiction ISBN: 1107193850 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107193857 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 52790.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This book demonstrates the significance of prose analysis by evaluating the writings of dozens of authors, including Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, Don DeLillo, and Toni Morrison. This book will be a key resource for students studying fiction and the novel as well as those in creative writing, prose style and creative non-fiction courses.
Автор: Clark Timothy Название: Value of Ecocriticism ISBN: 110747924X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107479241 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 17950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book offers a brief, incisive and accessible overview of the fast-changing field of environmental literary criticism in a bewildering age of global environmental threat. It will be a key resource for students, graduates and scholars working in the area of literature and the environment.
Автор: Karabelas Название: The Historical Value of Myths ISBN: 113822989X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138229891 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 48990.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book explores the connection between history and mythology by engaging with myths not as allegories or falsehoods, but as representations of historical experience.
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