Tragic Props and Cognitive Function: Aspects of the Function of Images in Thinking (Mnemosyne, Supplements) - Hardcover

Chaston, Colleen

 
9789004177383: Tragic Props and Cognitive Function: Aspects of the Function of Images in Thinking (Mnemosyne, Supplements)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004177388 ISBN 13: 9789004177383
Verlag: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB, 2009

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With its focus on 'reasoning through imagery' this book applies aspects of cognitive psychology to a study of key tragic props in order to draw connections between visual imagery and the spectators' intellectual experience of ancient Greek tragedy.

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Colleen Chaston, Ph.D. (2005) in Classics, Victoria University of Wellington, is a Visiting Fellow at The Australian National University.

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By applying aspects of cognitive psychology to a study of three key tragic props, this book examines the importance of visual imagery in ancient Greek tragedy. The shield, the urn and the mask are props which serve as controls for investigating the connection between visual imagery and the spectators' intellectual experience of tragic drama. As vehicles for conceptual change the props point to a function of imagery in problem solving. Connections between the visual and the cognitive in tragedy, particularly through image shape and its potential for various meanings, add a new perspective to scholarship on the role of the visual in ancient performance. These connections also add weight to the importance of imagery in contemporary problem solving and creative thought.

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Verlag
BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9004177388
ISBN 13 
9789004177383
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
272
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