Kinesic humor : literature, embodied cognition, and the dynamics of gesture / Guillemette Bolens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolens, Guillemette, author.

Series:

Cognition and poetics.

Oxford scholarship online.

Cognition and poetics

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gesture in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Literature is one of the richest sources of information concerning the ways in which human beings are able to play with cognition. According to the theory of embodied cognition, human cognition is grounded in sensorimotricity, i.e., the ability to feel, perceive, and move. The pervading cognitive process called perceptual simulation, which is activated when we cognitively process a gesture in a real-life situation, is also recruited when we read about actions, movements, and gestures in texts. 'Kinesic Humor' examines literary works written by major authors - including Chrétien de Troyes, Cervantes, Milton, Saint-Simon, Rousseau, Sterne, and Stendhal - in which perceptual simulations of complex sensorimotor events and kinesic interactions trigger humorous effects.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780190930080

019093008X

9780190930097

0190930098

9780190930073

0190930071

OCLC:

1240262839