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010			_a 2020058627
020			_a9780190930066 _q(hardback)
020			_z9780190930080 _q(epub)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC
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100	1		_aBolens, Guillemette, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aKinesic Humor: _bliterature, embodied cognition, and the dynamics of gesture / _cGuillemette Bolens.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c[2021]
300			_a208 pages ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCognition and poetics series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 171-202) and index.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aGesture in literature.
650		0	_aCognition in literature.
650		0	_aBody language in literature.
650		0	_aHumor in literature.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aBolens, Guillemette. _tLiterature, embodied cognition, and the dynamics of gesture _dNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021] _z9780190930080 _w(DLC) 2020058628
856			_uhttps://academic.oup.com/book/39361 _yClick here to Access
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