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Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Realism, Cognitive Realism, And Kafka -- 2. Methodology And Relation To Other Areas Of Literary Studies -- 3. Embodied Cognition -- 4. Embodied Cognition And Language -- 5. Embodied Cognition And Literary Language -- 6. Why Vision? -- 7. Vision In Kafka Studies -- 8. Kafkaesque Dualities -- 9. Chapter Outlines -- 1. Perception Without Pictures -- 1. Reading And Pictorialism Versus Enactivism -- 2. Pictorialism -- 3. The Literary History Of Pictorialism -- 4. Realism And Pictures, In Practice -- 5. The Philosophical And Scientific History Of Pictorialism, And Emerging Non-pictorial Strands -- 6. Enactivism: A Solution To Pictorialist Problems? -- 2. Re-envisioning The Imagination -- 1. Kafka's Diaries, Letters, And Fictions. 2. Arts And Sciences In Kafka's Era -- 3. Kafka, Pictures, And Perception: Overview -- 4. Problems Of Pictorialist Conceptions Of Vision, The Imagination, Language, And Consciousness -- 5. Recognising The Problems Of Pictures -- 6. Kafka's Enactivist Solutions To The Pictorialist Problems -- 3. Kafka's Poetics Of Perception In Der Proceß -- 1. Non-pictorial Evocation Of Perception -- 2. Linguistic Means Of Engaging The Reader -- 3. Evoking The Fallibility Of Non-pictorial Perception -- 4. The Impossibility Of Linear Narratives -- 4. Feeling From New Perspectives -- 1. Emotion In Kafka -- 2. Emotion In Literary Studies -- 3. Enactive Emotion -- 4. (emotional) Engagement With Others -- 5. Reflection -- 6. Emotion, Action, And Perspective -- 7. Character, Self, Emotion, Action, And Perspective -- Conclusion: Cognitive Realism In Kafka And Beyond. Emily T. Troscianko. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 223-245) And Index.
This book investigates how Franz Kafka’s literary techniques align with contemporary theories of embodied cognition to challenge traditional pictorialist interpretations of realism. Emily T. Troscianko, a scholar specializing in the intersection of literature and cognitive science, utilizes a framework of enactivism to analyze how Kafka’s prose constructs perception and consciousness. By moving away from the idea that readers form mental pictures, the author argues that Kafka’s work demands an active, embodied engagement that mirrors the fallibility and complexity of human experience.
What You Will Find
Scholars in the field of cognitive literary studies recognize this work as a significant contribution to the understanding of Kafka’s poetics. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which requires a foundational knowledge of both Kafka’s primary texts and cognitive science terminology.
Page Count:
260
Publication Date:
2014-01-01
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10:
0415640679
ISBN-13:
9780203082591
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