Kinesic humor : literature, embodied cognition, and the dynamics of gesture

Title
  1. Kinesic humor : literature, embodied cognition, and the dynamics of gesture / Guillemette Bolens.
Published by
  1. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Author
  1. Bolens, Guillemette

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Description
  1. 208 pages; 25 cm.
Summary
  1. "Literature is one of the richest sources of information concerning the ways in which human beings are able to play with cognition. According to the theory of embodied cognition, human cognition is grounded in the ability to feel, perceive, and move (called sensorimotricity). The pervading cognitive process called perceptual simulation, which is activated when we cognitively process a gesture in a real-life situation, is also recruited when we read about actions, movements, and gestures in texts. Kinesic Humor examines literary works written by major authors-including Chrétien de Troyes, Cervantes, Milton, Saint-Simon, Rousseau, Sterne, and Stendhal-in which perceptual simulations of complex sensorimotor events and kinesic interactions trigger humorous effects. Such works create anticipations regarding movements and sensations, which are unexpectedly thwarted, thus producing cognitive shifts typical of humor. By bringing together literary studies, cognitive studies, gesture studies, and humor studies, this book offers original perspectives on such important artworks as Paradise Lost, Don Quixote, and Le Rouge et le Noir. In it, the importance of rhythm and tonicity in the perception of movements and gestures is a focus of attention. The interactional significance of gestures often lies in their dynamics, and this fact also applies to the cognitive retrieval of narrated gestures during the act of reading. The method of kinesic analysis practiced in this book takes into account such cognitive features in correlation with the historical and cultural contexts in which the literary works were written"--
Series statement
  1. Cognition and poetics series
Uniform title
  1. Cognition and poetics.
Subject
  1. Gesture in literature
  2. Cognition in literature
  3. Body language in literature
  4. Humor in literature
Contents
  1. Machine generated contents note: 1. Milton: Surprised By Humor -- 2. Sterne: The Naturalness Of A Toe Movement -- 3. Saint-Simon: Speed And Touch, Or How To Push A Duke -- 4. Rousseau: Fast Breathing And Trembling Hands -- 5. Stendhal: Walking Styles And Emotional Practice -- 6. Ovid And Chretien De Troyes: Pyramus, Thisbe, And Yvain's Hypersensitive Lion -- 7. Cervantes: Laughing At A Metaphor.
Call number
  1. JFE 21-8744
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Bolens, Guillemette, author.
Title
  1. Kinesic humor : literature, embodied cognition, and the dynamics of gesture / Guillemette Bolens.
Publisher
  1. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Cognition and poetics series
  2. Cognition and poetics.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:
  1. Online version: Bolens, Guillemette. Literature, embodied cognition, and the dynamics of gesture New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021. 9780190930080 (DLC) 2020058628
LCCN
  1. 2020058627
ISBN
  1. 9780190930066 hardcover
  2. 0190930063 hardcover
Research call number
  1. JFE 21-8744
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