Readers of this book receive an overview of the main perspectives and
research of recent decades in the fruitful collaboration between
Classics and Cognitive studies. It is intended as a stocktaking of
various branches of Classics, such as literary criticism and poetics,
linguistics, ancient history and archaeology. Four major research
areas or clusters have been chosen for the presentation of the
chapters. Chapter one discusses recent studies of 'cognitive'
materiality and material agency in relation to the human mind, chapter
two the so-called 'spatial turn' and cognition and the perception of
space in place in relation to antiquity, chapter three imagination and
vision and cognitive approaches to seeing, while chapter four
considers experience and experientiality and the 'sensory turn' as
applied to ancient sources. Finally, the fifth chapter is a special
case and a different medium: it consists of three interviews with
three well-known pioneers of the study of emotions in antiquity, David
Konstan, Angelos Chaniotis and Douglas Cairns, who in various direct
and indirect ways have greatly influenced the interplay and dialogue
between classical studies and cognitive approaches in recent decades.
This book takes stock of a rapidly developing and highly controversial
field that is currently in full bloom.
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ISBN
9783111578224
Publisert
2024
Utgave
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Utgiver
De Gruyter
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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