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A Cognitive Analysis of Characters in Swedish and Anglophone Children's Fantasy Literature
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- Alkestrand, Malin, 1986- (author)
- Linnaeus University,Lund University,Lunds universitet,Linnéuniversitetet,Institutionen för film och litteratur (IFL),CHILLL;CÄHL;Comparat Literature,Litteraturvetenskap,Avdelningen för litteraturvetenskap,Sektion 2,Språk- och litteraturcentrum,Institutioner,Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna,Comparative Literature,Division of Comparative Literature,Section 2,Centre for Languages and Literature,Departments,Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
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- Owen, Christopher (author)
- Anglia Ruskin Univ, UK,Anglia Ruskin University
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- Edinburgh University Press, 2018
- 2018
- English.
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In: International Research in Children's Literature (IRCL). - : Edinburgh University Press. - 1755-6198 .- 1755-6201. ; 11:1, s. 65-79
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- In Justice in Young Adult Speculative Fiction, Marek C. Oziewicz argues, 'it is possible to study scripts through the lens of the author's cognition, through the reader's cognition, or as a textual matter with an implied author and reader' (9-10). Here we propose a fourth method for studying scripts in children's literature: as a textual matter. Unlike previous research in the field, we argue that neither the implied author nor the implied or real reader's cognition is necessary for a cognitive analysis to offer insights about a literary text. A cognitive analysis of characters can demonstrate how each character's cognitive embodiment of their intersectional subject position contributes to the progression of a text's plot and themes. By analysing the mimetic, synthetic and thematic dimensions of character (Phelan), we maintain an ontological distinction between humans and characters - a prerequisite for applying cognitive theories to characters. In order to demonstrate the broad applicability of our approach, we analyse the cognitive scripts of the protagonists in two portal-quest fantasies form two different countries. Taliah Pollack's Saga Sward: Omskakare och varldsresenar [Saga Sword: world shaker and traveller] was published in Sweden in 2012; Tahereh Mafi's Furthermore dates from 2016 and was published in the US.
Subject headings
- HUMANIORA -- Språk och litteratur -- Litteraturvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Languages and Literature -- General Literary Studies (hsv//eng)
- HUMANIORA -- Språk och litteratur -- Litteraturstudier (hsv//swe)
- HUMANITIES -- Languages and Literature -- Specific Literatures (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- cognitive theory
- character
- intersectionality
- children's literature
- fantasy
- Comparative literature
- Litteraturvetenskap
- Character
- Children's literature
- Cognitive theory
- Fantasy
- Intersectionality
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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