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Author Bernini, Marco, author.

Title Beckett and the cognitive method : mind, models, and exploratory narratives / Marco Bernini
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Cognition and poetics
Cognition and poetics.
Summary Does literature merely represent cognitive processes, or can it enhance, parallel, or reassess the scientific study of the mind? 'Beckett and the Cognitive Method' argues that Samuel Beckett's narrative work, rather than just expressing or rendering mental states, inaugurates an exploratory use of narrative as an introspective modeling technology. Through a detailed analysis of Beckett's entire corpus and published volumes of letters, this book argues that Beckett pioneered a new method of writing to construct (in a mode analogous to scientific inquiry) models for the exploration of core laws, processes, and dynamics in the human mind. Marco Bernini integrates frameworks from contemporary narrative theory, cognitive sciences, phenomenology, and philosophy of mind to make a case for Beckett's modeling practice
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed October 06, 2022)
Subject Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989 fast
Subject Cognition in literature.
Cognition in literature
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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