Cognitive Poetics

Code School Level Credits Semesters
ENGL4334 English 4 N/A April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK
Code
ENGL4334
School
English
Level
4
Credits
N/A
Semesters
April Full Year UK, Full Year UK, January Full Year UK

Summary

This pod offers a comprehensive introduction to Cognitive Poetics. Students will investigate the processes of creativity, interpretation, imagination, emotional involvement, aesthetic experience, and literary texture, applying current understanding of language and mind (as drawn from research in cognitive linguistics and cognitive psychology) to questions of literary reading. Across the pod, students will be introduced to key foundational concepts in cognition, beginning with embodiment, prototypicality and figure and ground, as well as examining and applying broader cognitive discourse models, from Text World Theory through to Cognitive Grammar.  

Target Students

Students registered on the School of English online Masters scheme.

Assessment

Assessed by end of designated period

Educational Aims

This module comprises an optional component in the following pathways: Applied English, Applied Linguistics, English Literature, Literary Linguistics, and Modern and Contemporary Literature. As such, it contributes in its specific aims to the programme-level coverage of these pathways.

Learning Outcomes

Conveners

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Last updated 07/01/2025.