UID:
almahu_9949226204702882
Format:
1 online resource (264 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:
9780190664381 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Cognition and poetics
Content:
Does literature merely represent cognitive processes, or can it enhance, parallel, or reassess the scientific study of the mind? 'Beckett and the Cognitive Method' argues that Samuel Beckett's narrative work, rather than just expressing or rendering mental states, inaugurates an exploratory use of narrative as an introspective modeling technology. Through a detailed analysis of Beckett's entire corpus and published volumes of letters, this book argues that Beckett pioneered a new method of writing to construct (in a mode analogous to scientific inquiry) models for the exploration of core laws, processes, and dynamics in the human mind. Marco Bernini integrates frameworks from contemporary narrative theory, cognitive sciences, phenomenology, and philosophy of mind to make a case for Beckett's modeling practice.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2021.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780190664350
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
