Narrative theory and the cognitive sciences / edited by David Herman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Herman, David, 1962-

Series:

CSLI lecture notes ; no. 158.

CSLI lecture notes ; no. 158

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis, Narrative.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Cognitive science.

Physical Description:

xi, 363 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : CSLI Publications, [2003]

Summary:

Research on human intelligence has postulated that studying the structure and use of stories can provide important insight into the roots of self and the nature of thinking. In that spirit, this volume focuses on narrative as a crossroads where cognitive and social psychology, linguistics, literary theory, and the recent hybrid called "cognitive narratology" intersect, suggesting new directions for the cognitive sciences. The ideas contained here demonstrate the importance of narrative as a cognitive style, a genre of discourse, and a resource for literary writing and other forms of communication.

Contents:

I. Approaches to narrative and cognition ; 2. Cognitive psychological foundations of narrative experiences / Richard J. Gerrig and Giovanna Egidi ; 3. Narrative construction, cognitive processing, and health / Kitty Klein ; 4. Semantics and narrative in therapeutic discourse / William Frawley, John T. Murray, and Raoul N. Smith

II. Narrative as cognitive endowment ; 5. Double-scope stories / Mark Turner ; 6. Unnarratable knowledge: the difficulty of understanding evolution by natural selection / H. Porter Abbott ; 7. Stories as a tool for thinking / David Herman

III. New directions for cognitive narratology ; 8. 'Awake! Open your eyes!': the cognitive logic of external and internal stories / Manfred Jahn ; 9. Cognitive maps and the construction of narrative space / Marie-Laure Ryan ; 10. Natural narratology and cognitive parameters / Monika Fludernik

IV. Fictional minds ; 11. Cognitive science, the thinking mind, and literary narrative / Uri Margolin ; 12. Constructing social space: sociocognitive factors in the interpretation of character relations / Catherine Emmott ;13. The mind beyond the skin / Alan Palmer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1575864673

1575864681

OCLC:

52806071