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
- 100% Participation: Student participation.
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
- Show comprehensive knowledge and awareness of key cognitive-poetic frameworks.
- Demonstrate a nuanced understanding of how textual analysis and readerly response are integrated in line with relevant cognitive-poetic approaches.
- Present a critical application of current cognitive-poetic theory to discourse.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills acquired to the appropriate disciplinary and professional standard.
- Assimilate and present subject-specific material in an appropriate format (assessed within the ‘Assessment Portfolio’ 1, 2 or 3).