The birth of expectation

著者

• LePan, Don

書誌事項

The birth of expectation

Don LePan

（The cognitive revolution in Western culture, v. 1）

Broadview Press, [1995], c1989

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-362) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Why are the plots of Shakespeare and his contemporaries so different from those of his predecessors? This book argues that the answer is in part that certain forms of expectation were largely undeveloped in the medieval period. More broadly, it suggests that many of the causal and temporal thought processes that are second nature to us operated very differently or had not been developed in the minds of most medieval people. And conversely, it suggests that other mental faculties (such as the ability to respond to some of the elemental appeal of poetry) may have become dulled by the post-renaissance rationalist emphasis in our culture. In addition to drawing on a broad range of etymological and literary evidence (from the 10th century Gnomic verses to 16th-century drama) the book delves into medieval history, and draws many anthropological parallels. This is a significant study in the nature of narrative and an important investigation into the mental and cultural worlds of Shakespeare and his predecessors.

目次

Preface Part I: The Issue of Cognitive Processes Anthropological Perspectives Historical Perspectives Literary Perspectives Part II: The Roots of Expectation Expectation The Dawn of the Artificial Day: Medieval Temporal Thought Processes Thinking Across the Past Thinking into the Future Causation and Probability Part III: Literary Expectations Expectation and Literary Plots The Ways of Thought of Medieval Literature Shakespeare and the Revolution in Literary Plotting Illusion: Expectation's Dramatic By-Product Simon Forman's Expectations Postscript: Zimbabwe, 1985 Notes and References Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA60325062
• ISBN:
  • 1551110814
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: [Peterborough, Ont.]
• ページ数/冊数: xi, 370 p.
• 大きさ: 21 cm
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA0688504X