Cognitive Narrative Thematics: A Book About What Books Are About

Author:   Daniel Candel
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032436388


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   06 May 2025
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Author:   Daniel Candel
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781032436388


ISBN 10:   1032436387
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   06 May 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction Part I Chapter 1. Setting the Scene 1.1. Cognitive narrative thematics (CNT) or what this book is about 1.2. Why nobody does thematics 1.3. Two complementary traditions of cognitive thematics 1.4. Two thematics? Cherries vs. cakes 1.5. Countering the reductionist potential of thematics 1.6. Folk psychology and CNT 1.7. Consequences for thematics Chapter 2. Articulating CNT 2.1. Justifying the premise of CNT: the nature-society binary 2.2. CNT and evolutionary psychology: evolved human motivations 2.3. CNT and modality 2.4. Summarising and justifying CNT 2.5. Two additional models Part II Chapter 3. CNT And Rhetorical Poetics 3.1. A new role for CNT vis- à- vis rhetorical poetics 3.2. CNT, rhetorical poetics and ""My Last Duchess"" 3.3. Conclusion Chapter 4. CNT and children’s stories 4.1. CNT and children’s stories I: The Gruffalo 4.2. CNT and children’s stories II: Where the Wild Things Are 4.3. Conclusion Chapter 5. CNT In Comics 5.1. CNT and comics: Hellboy’s ""Baba Yaga"" 5.2. CNT, comics and covert progression: Frank Miller’s 300 5.3. Conclusion Chapter 6. CNT In Academia 6.1. CNT in four histories of the novel 6.2. CNT in digital humanities reports 6.3. Conclusion Chapter 7. Conclusion

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Daniel Candel is Professor of English literature at the Universidad de Alcalá, Spain. He has published widely in journals such as Poetics Today, Semiotica, English Text Construction and Style.

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