reinvigorating the study of dramatic texts and performance through cognitive science
Amy Cook.
1st ed (Online-ausg.)
New York
Palgrave Macmillan
2010
(xii, 205 Seiten) : Illustrationen.
Cognitive studies in literature and performance
Who's There? * Linguistic Synaesthesia * Mirror | Mirror; Mirror | rorriM * A Cognitive Linguistic Reading of Hamlet's Meaning Superflux * Play's the Thing - A Cognitive Linguistic Performance Analysis * Past/Future, Microscope/Telescope, Performance/Science * Conclusion: A Dying Voice
Using Shakespeare's Hamlet as a test subject and cognitive linguistic theory of conceptual blending as a tool, Cook unravels the 'mirror held up to nature' at the center of Shakespeare's play and provides a methodology for applying cognitive science to the study of drama.