Affect Theory, Genre, and the Example of Tragedy Dreams We Learn /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Lucas, Duncan A. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism
• Θέματα: Literature-Philosophy.; Comparative literature.; Literary Theory.; Comparative Literature.

Affect Theory, Genre, and the Example of Tragedy employs Silvan Tomkins' Affect-Script theory of human psychology to explore the largely unacknowledged emotions of disgust and shame in tragedy. The book begins with an overview of Tomkins' relationship to both traditional psychoanalysis and...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I Theory
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Tomkins and Literature: A Hermeneutical Model
• 3. Tragedy and the Trope of Disgust
• Part II Application
• 4. Case Study One: Sophocles' Oedipus
• 5. Case Study Two: Shakespeare's Hamlet
• 6. Case Study Three: Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesmen
• 7. Conclusions: Dreams We Learn.