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OverviewCognitive science, with its guiding metaphor of the mind as a computer, has made substantial progress towards an understanding of how people comprehend and produce discourse. The essays in this book apply these insights to problems in the interpretation of literature. The first two chapters present the outline of a cognitive theory of discourse and use it to shed light on some classic issues in literary theory, including the roles of the author's intention and the reader's brief systems in the meaning of a literary work. The next three chapters are more technical investigations of discourse interpretation, metaphor, and discourse coherence. The framework developed is then used in the examination of two literary works, a sonnet by Milton and the novella Sylvie by Gérard de Nerval. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jerry R. HobbsPublisher: Centre for the Study of Language & Information Imprint: Centre for the Study of Language & Information Volume: 21 Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.502kg ISBN: 9780937073537ISBN 10: 0937073539 Pages: 195 Publication Date: 30 September 1990 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Against confusion; 2. Imagining, fiction, and narrative; 3. A theory of discourse interpretation; 4. Interpreting metaphors; 5. The coherence and structure of discourse; 6. 'Lawrence of virtuous father virtuous son': a coherence analysis; 7. Structuring in Nerval's Sylvie; Afterword; Bibliography.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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