Discourse and literature : the interplay of form and mind

By: Cook, GuyMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994Description: x, 285 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0194371859 ; 9780194371858 ; 7810465899 ; 9787810465892Subject(s): Discourse analysis, Literary | Discourse analysis -- Psychological aspects | Schema (Psychology) | Cohesion (Linguistics)DDC classification: 418
Contents:
Part I: A basis for analysis: schema theory, its general principles, history and terminology -- A first bearing: discourse analysis and its limitations -- A second bearing: AI text theory and its limitations -- Testing the AI approach. Two analyses: a 'literary' and a 'non-literary' text -- A third bearing: literary theories from formalism to stylistics -- Incorporating the reader: two analyses combining stylistics and schema theory -- Part two -- A theory of discourse deviation: schema refreshment and cognitive change -- Application of the theory: discourse deviation in thee literary texts -- What the theory means for literature teaching.
Summary: This study examines the relevance of schema theory to literary theory and the analysis of literary texts. Schema theory suggests that people understand texts and experiences by comparing them with stereotypical mental representations of similar cases.
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Part I: A basis for analysis: schema theory, its general principles, history and terminology --
A first bearing: discourse analysis and its limitations --
A second bearing: AI text theory and its limitations --
Testing the AI approach. Two analyses: a 'literary' and a 'non-literary' text --
A third bearing: literary theories from formalism to stylistics --
Incorporating the reader: two analyses combining stylistics and schema theory --
Part two --
A theory of discourse deviation: schema refreshment and cognitive change --
Application of the theory: discourse deviation in thee literary texts --
What the theory means for literature teaching.

This study examines the relevance of schema theory to literary theory and the analysis of literary texts. Schema theory suggests that people understand texts and experiences by comparing them with stereotypical mental representations of similar cases.

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