Schema theory and text- worlds : a cognitive stylistic analysis of selected literary texts
Other Title(s)
نظرية الاطار المعرفي الذهني و نظرية عالم النص : تحليل أسلوب إدراكي لنصوص أدبية مختارة
Author
Source
Journal of the College of Education for Women
Issue
Vol. 31, Issue 2 (30 Jun. 2020), pp.52-65, 14 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Education for Women
Publication Date
2020-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
Cognitive stylistics also well-known as cognitive poetics is a cognitive approach to language.
This study aims at examining literary language by showing how Schema Theory and Text World Theory can be useful in the interpretation of literary texts.
Further, the study attempts to uncover how readers can connect between the text world and the real world.
Putting it differently, the study aims at showing how the interaction between 'discourse world' and 'text world'.
How readers can bring their own experience as well as their background knowledge to interact with the text and make interpretive connections.
Schema and text world theories are useful tools in cognitive stylistic studies.
The reader's perception of a particular text world depends on her/his existing schema during the process of interpretation.
The selected texts for the study are "Strange Meeting" by Wilfred Owen, "In Winter" by Corbett Harrison and the opening passage of David Lodge's novel Changing Places which are intended to show how the two theories can be integrated to account for the way in which text worlds are perceived.
So as a result, readers start establishing meaning based on their schemata and these meanings change through adding a new one.
The cognitive ability to understand literary texts and how readers build mind worlds is a crucial aim in cognitive poetics.
An in-depth cognitive stylistic analysis reveals significant points about reading and interpreting the selected literary texts by providing a way of thinking about background knowledge and how the individual's experience would influence their interpretation and viewing of the text world.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jafar, Iman Adil. 2020. Schema theory and text- worlds : a cognitive stylistic analysis of selected literary texts. Journal of the College of Education for Women،Vol. 31, no. 2, pp.52-65.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1222371
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jafar, Iman Adil. Schema theory and text- worlds : a cognitive stylistic analysis of selected literary texts. Journal of the College of Education for Women Vol. 31, no. 2 (Jun. 2020), pp.52-65.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1222371
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jafar, Iman Adil. Schema theory and text- worlds : a cognitive stylistic analysis of selected literary texts. Journal of the College of Education for Women. 2020. Vol. 31, no. 2, pp.52-65.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1222371
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 64-65
Record ID
BIM-1222371