THE LINGUISTIC GROUNDWORK FOR COGNITIVE POETICS
Keywords:
cognitive poetics, conceptualization, categorization, interdisciplinary approach, narratologyAbstract
The objective of the paper is to highlight the interconnectedness of the fundamental concepts studied by cognitive linguistics and the character of narrative analysis as performed in cognitive poetics. For this reason, we deal with only two fundamental processes underlying communication, and therefore
narrative discourse: conceptualization and categorization, both relevant for better understanding of how narrative construction, as well as reception, ultimately function. Cognitive and cultural models, as relevant for literary interpretation, are discussed for the purpose of explicating how it is possible,
firstly, to achieve specific meaning in the process of narrative progression; secondly, how these structures enable, influence and facilitate comprehension both on the level of elements and the entire discourse, but also how they guide attention and support salience – motivate the prominence of some elements as opposed to other. In this paper, cognitive poetics is discussed as an instrument
or method which facilitates the manner in which narratives are interpreted – a methodical perspective rather than a substitute for literary theory and criticism.
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