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Restoring the Human Context to Literary and Performance Studies

Part of the Cognitive Studies in Literature and Performance Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-89078-0

ISBN: 978-3-030-89077-3

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jan 28, 2022

1 - 10 of 16 Chapters

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Chapter 1Introduction: The Human Contexts of Literary and Performance Studies

Mancing, Howard; Marston William, Jennifer

Pages: 1 –18

[ In this book, we argue that much of contemporary literary theory is still predicated, at least implicitly, on outdated linguistic and psychological models such as poststructuralism, psychoanalysis, and behaviorism, which significantly contradict current dominant scientific views. Our main...
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Saussurean Linguistics and Bakhtin’s Critique

Mancing, Howard; Marston William, Jennifer

Pages: 21 –31

[ This chapter briefly reviews the important contributions to the study of linguistics by Ferdinand de Saussure, followed by a critique of these theories, particularly outlining the role of Russian philosopher and theorist Mikhail Bakhtin in pointing out the shortcomings of Saussure’s work,...
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On Theory, Rewriting Saussure, and Chomsky

Mancing, Howard; Marston William, Jennifer

Pages: 33 –62

[In this chapter, we set forth some of the foundations for documenting the profound conceptual shortcomings of contemporary theory. This chapter also deals briefly with the major reorientation of the study of language, with its origin in Noam Chomsky’s work in the 1950s and 1960s. We assess...
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Bakhtin and His Echoes

Mancing, Howard; Marston William, Jennifer

Pages: 63 –90

[This chapter presents in more detail a contemporary of both Saussure and Chomsky: Mikhail Bakhtin, whose proto-pragmatism sets the scene for a consideration of the contemporary study of pragmatics—language in context. We have attempted to read the work of Bakhtin and his colleagues in a manner...
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Evolution and Language

Mancing, Howard; Marston William, Jennifer

Pages: 93 –128

[This chapter opens with an outline of Darwinian theory and the modern synthesis that provides the reigning paradigm for study in evolution, including Darwin’s theory of sexual selection, far less known than his theory of natural selection. We discuss some of the important work by major...
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The Brain

Mancing, Howard; Marston William, Jennifer

Pages: 129 –149

[This chapter focuses on the evolution, structure, and function of the brain, as well as emotion and sexuality as related to the brain. We argue that literary scholars should know what the brain is and how it works, at least in general outline, to begin to understand how it processes language in...
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Development of the Brain

Mancing, Howard; Marston William, Jennifer

Pages: 151 –164

[This chapter details how the brain develops as a constant interplay between biology and environment, reflecting one of this book’s main themes: the meaninglessness of the traditional nature-nurture binary. Research on the impact of electronic media on brain development and function is also...
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The Mind at Work

Mancing, Howard; Marston William, Jennifer

Pages: 167 –219

[ The subject of this chapter is the mind: the activity of the brain. First, we present an approach to consciousness and concepts of self, based on the latest relevant research from scientific fields as well as the humanities. Since ideas related to selfhood and self-identity are central and...
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Development of the Mind

Mancing, Howard; Marston William, Jennifer

Pages: 221 –233

[This chapter provides an overview of some important issues in developmental psychology, beginning with the fact that the human mind is not a blank slateblank slate theory onto which ideology or language can inscribe itself. Recent advances in infant cognition and child development lead to...
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Theory of Mind (ToM)

Mancing, Howard; Marston William, Jennifer

Pages: 235 –258

[In this chapter, we discuss what is known in cognitive psychology as Theory of MindTheory of Mind (ToM) (ToM). This term refers to the way in which we infer what we are thinking and what we think others are thinking, and why they are thinking it. An awareness of our evolved ToM enables us to...

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