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Lehrveranstaltung im SS 08
Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Culture

 
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  • Seminar: GGK/GCSC/IPP | GCSC-Post Graduates | Gemeinsame Veranstaltungen/Conjoint Courses | Forschungsworkshops/Research Seminars
  • Seminar: GGK/GCSC/IPP | IPP-Post Graduates | Gemeinsame Veranstaltungen/Conjoint Courses | Forschungsworkshops/Research Seminars
Semester: SS 08
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Zeit und Ort:
  • Do, 10.04.2008, 12:15-13:45, Raum 25 / Room 25 (Phil. I, Haus B / Phil. I, Building B)
  • Do, 24.04.2008, 12:15-13:45, Raum 25 / Room 25 (Phil. I, Haus B / Phil. I, Building B)
  • Do, 08.05.2008, 12:15-13:45, Raum 25 / Room 25 (Phil. I, Haus B / Phil. I, Building B)
  • Do, 05.06.2008, 12:15-13:45, Raum 25 / Room 25 (Phil. I, Haus B / Phil. I, Building B)
  • Do, 19.06.2008, 12:15-13:45, Raum 25 / Room 25 (Phil. I, Haus B / Phil. I, Building B)
  • Do, 03.07.2008, 12:15-13:45, Raum 25 / Room 25 (Phil. I, Haus B / Phil. I, Building B)
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Erste Veranstaltung: 10.04.2008
Hinweise: The cognitive science “revolution” of recent decades has created interdisciplinary echoes reaching deep into literary and cultural studies. There is talk of a “cognitive turn” in the humanities, and one of its architects even envisioned the profession of literature anew in terms of its potential role in the “signal intellectual and humanistic work of our epoch,” the discovery of the human mind. Cognitive linguistics and psychology especially have offered profound revisions of major elements of literary and cultural theory and criticism - including concepts and categorization, metaphor and figurative language generally, narrative, genre, character, emotion, and culture.
The aim of this course is to achieve a broad sense of the conversation taking place between the humanities and the cognitive sciences. But we will make this overview as detailed and articulate as possible by closely examining some definitive writings on the various aspects of this turn.
We will not only build an understanding of the vocabulary, models, and explanatory strategies of cognitive approaches to literature and culture, we will also critically evaluate these developments. We will consider their validity, value, and potential with respect to textual interpretation, and the framing of key concepts and approaches. We will also consider how these studies relate to one another; how they relate to the current landscape of criticism and theory; and what the prospects may be for the future – including how literary and cultural studies can and should contribute to the ongoing discovery of the mind. Participants are encouraged to reflect on and discuss these matters in relation to their own thesis projects, and so contribute to creating a new field of intersecting perspectives.
A reading list will be available at the GCSC office from April 1, 2008.
 
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