05031nam 2200445 450 991052298460332120231110223649.03-030-89078-3(MiAaPQ)EBC6875634(Au-PeEL)EBL6875634(CKB)21022974100041(EXLCZ)992102297410004120220917d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierRestoring the human context to literary and performance studies voices in everything /Howard Mancing, Jennifer Marston WilliamCham, Switzerland :Springer,[2022]©20221 online resource (402 pages)Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance Print version: Mancing, Howard Restoring the Human Context to Literary and Performance Studies Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030890773 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- 1 Introduction: The Human Contexts of Literary and Performance Studies -- 1 Outlining the Problem: Contemporary Literary Studies' Incompatibility with Modern Science -- 2 An Alternative: Reconciling Literature and Science Through Context -- 3 Methodology, Terminology, and Underlying Inspirations -- 4 A Roadmap to Contextualism: Book Layout and Chapter Summaries -- References -- Part I Linguistics and the Legacy of Bakhtin's Philosophy of Language -- 2 Saussurean Linguistics and Bakhtin's Critique -- 1 General Linguistics -- 2 Critique -- 3 An Early Critic: Bakhtin -- References -- 3 On Theory, Rewriting Saussure, and Chomsky -- 1 Theory -- 2 Rewriting Saussure -- 3 Generative Linguistics -- 4 Chomsky Between Cognitivism and Contextualism -- 5 Chomskyan Literary Theory -- References -- 4 Bakhtin and His Echoes -- 1 The Bakhtin Circle -- 2 Metalinguistics -- 3 Dialogism -- 4 Cognitive Linguistics, Integrational Linguistics, and Pragmatics -- 5 Using Language -- References -- Part II Biology, Language, and the Brain -- 5 Evolution and Language -- 1 Neo-Darwinism -- 2 Sexual Selection and the Role of Women in Evolution -- 3 Human Evolution -- 4 The Origins of Language -- 5 Coevolution of Language and Brain -- References -- 6 The Brain -- 1 Evolution of the Brain -- 2 Structure of the Brain -- 3 The Emotional Brain -- 4 The Sexual Brain -- References -- 7 Development of the Brain -- 1 The Brain in Infancy -- 2 The Brain in Childhood and at Puberty -- 3 Reading and the Frontal Lobes -- 4 The Mature Brain -- 5 Neurolinguistics -- References -- Part III Psychology and the Development of the "Literary Mind" -- 8 The Mind at Work -- 1 Consciousness and Self -- 2 Perception -- 3 Sleep, Dreams, and the Unconscious -- 4 Memory -- 5 Schema Theory and Categorization.6 Narrative and the Literary Mind -- References -- 9 Development of the Mind -- 1 The Blank Slate Myth -- 2 Infant Cognition -- 3 The Emergence of Language -- References -- 10 Theory of Mind (ToM) -- 1 Primatology, Children and Adults, Folk Psychology -- 2 ToM and Autism -- 3 Evolutionary History and Theories of ToM -- 4 ToM's Roles in Language and Literature -- References -- Part IV Context in Science and the Humanities -- 11 Cognitivism -- 1 Cognitive Science -- 2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) -- 3 Intelligence -- 4 Robots -- 5 Connectionism -- References -- 12 Contextualism -- 1 The Contextual Metaphor -- 2 Evolution and Biology in Context -- 3 Psychology and Philosophy in Context -- References -- 13 Evolutionary Psychology -- 1 The Evolved Mind -- 2 Sociobiology -- 3 Debates -- References -- Part V Contextualism-Changing the Paradigm in Literary and Performance Studies for the Twenty-First Century -- 14 Cognitive Literary Studies -- 1 Pioneers and Overviews -- 2 Evolutionary Approaches -- 3 Cognitive Poetics -- 4 Reader-Response and Narrative Theory -- 5 Other Cognitive Approaches1 -- 6 Empirical Studies -- References -- 15 Cognitive Approaches to Performance Studies -- 1 Theater -- 2 Film and Other Media -- 3 Dance and Movement Studies -- References -- 16 Conclusion: The Bridging Function of Contextualism and the Cognitive Paradigm -- 1 A New Direction: Which Path(s) to Take? -- 2 Literary and Performance Studies in Context -- 3 Bakhtin for the Twenty-First Century -- 4 Assessment and Final Remarks -- References -- Index.Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance Cognitive scienceCognitive science.801.95Mancing Howard1941-221388William Jennifer MarstonMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910522984603321Restoring the Human Context to Literary and Performance Studies2590626UNINA