Cognitive Literary Studies and the Status of Interpretation: An Attempt at Conceptual Mapping

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Caracciolo
Keyword(s):  
Literary Studies ◽  
Conceptual Mapping ◽  
The Status ◽  
Cognitive Literary Studies

The Epistemology of Cognitive Literary Studies

2001 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 314-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Elizabeth (Faith Elizabeth) Hart
Keyword(s):  
Literary Studies ◽  
Cognitive Literary Studies

Whether or not to be afraid of demons? The theory at the time of posttheory

Tekstualia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (35) ◽  
pp. 135-148
Author(s):  
Tomasz Dalisiński
Keyword(s):  
Present Form ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Text Interpretation ◽  
General Consensus ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
The Status

The article shows an attempt to answer the elementary question: the status of the theory of text interpretation in contemporary literary studies. This problem has already been analyzed from many perspectives, but today the most important issue seems to be theory remaining in its present form (which resembles a demon within the meaning of A. Compagnon – a kind of fi ction). According to the author, a solution is the general consensus about the fi ctional nature of theoretical assumptions, but the condition of consciousness, that the fi ctional nature of theory is – on constructivistic way – operative.

The Transformation of Theory – from Distraction to Recombinant Poetics

Tekstualia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (35) ◽  
pp. 105-114
Author(s):  
Ewa Szczęsna
Keyword(s):  
Media Studies ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
Artistic Practice ◽  
The Status ◽  
Media Discourses ◽  
Theory Of Literature

The article examines the status of the theory of literature in the contemporary humanities. Today, literary studies are epistemological representations of literatu re, with blurred or fl exible distinctions. The fundamental differences among arts, media, discourses, especially between the theory of art and artistic practice, creates a new ontology of the texts of culture. Recombinant texts require a recombinant poetics and a new theory established through dialogue. The analysis of trans-semiotic, trans-medial and trans-discursive texts shows the necessity of an open theory of text. This theory is shaped through the interplay of various domains (e.g. semiotics, comparative studies, media studies, literary studies).

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