Cognitive Narrative Thematics

A Book About What Books Are About

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

AvDaniel Candel

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Cognitive Narratives Thematics proposes a new way in which narrative works organise their thematic material. It rehabilitates the study of what books are about by providing a cognitive narrative thematic model (CNT). Part I presents CNT by combining different approaches to narrative, such as evolutionary theory, semiotics, possible worlds theory, or rhetorical criticism. Part II applies CNT to a variety of well-known narratives in different modalities, such as Robert Browning’s "My Last Duchess", Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo, Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, Frank Miller’s 300, or Mike Mignola’s Hellboy. It also considers literary histories and digital humanities. Daniel Candel shows that CNT deserves greater attention and that thematics generates its own forms and adds to the aesthetic pleasure of the text. Candel illustrates that CNT improves the established interpretations of the narrative works it studies.This innovative study reveals how CNT offers readers a deeper understanding, and how readers and critics are often using CNT intuitively without being aware of it. It is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of narrative theory.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-05-06
Mått156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor200
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032436388

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IntroductionPart IChapter 1. Setting the Scene1.1. Cognitive narrative thematics (CNT) or what this book is about1.2. Why nobody does thematics1.3. Two complementary traditions of cognitive thematics1.4. Two thematics? Cherries vs. cakes1.5. Countering the reductionist potential of thematics1.6. Folk psychology and CNT1.7. Consequences for thematicsChapter 2. Articulating CNT2.1. Justifying the premise of CNT: the nature-society binary2.2. CNT and evolutionary psychology: evolved human motivations2.3. CNT and modality2.4. Summarising and justifying CNT2.5. Two additional modelsPart IIChapter 3. CNT And Rhetorical Poetics3.1. A new role for CNT vis- à- vis rhetorical poetics3.2. CNT, rhetorical poetics and "My Last Duchess"3.3. ConclusionChapter 4. CNT and children’s stories4.1. CNT and children’s stories I: The Gruffalo4.2. CNT and children’s stories II: Where the Wild Things Are4.3. ConclusionChapter 5. CNT In Comics5.1. CNT and comics: Hellboy’s "Baba Yaga"5.2. CNT, comics and covert progression: Frank Miller’s 3005.3. ConclusionChapter 6. CNT In Academia6.1. CNT in four histories of the novel6.2. CNT in digital humanities reports6.3. ConclusionChapter 7. Conclusion

‘Through the application of the model across genres, CNT emerges as a powerful tool for narrative analysis. . . . Cognitive Narrative Thematics represents an invaluable contribution not only to literary studies but also to any field engaged in narrative analysis. […] the model’s completeness makes it tempting to apply universally. . . . [D]espite its interdisciplinary nature, the author makes the book accessible to a broad audience by clearly introducing and justifying the theories it draws upon. In conclusion, I found Cognitive Narrative Thematics deeply engaging; it is one of those books that enriches the reader with knowledge. For this reason, I consider it a highly recommended work for scholars, students, and anyone engaged in literary theory, or textual, or even multimodal analysis.’- Irune Fernández-Montes in Nexus 2025(1): 38-40