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Kognitivní estetika čtení. Zamyšlení nad knihou Petera Stockwella
Thoughts on Stockwell’s Texture: a Cognitive Aesthetics of Reading

Author(s): Tereza Hadravová
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro českou literaturu
Keywords: Stockwell Peter; cognitive aesthetics

Summary/Abstract: The article considers Peter Stockwell’s Texture: A Cognitive Aesthetics of Reading (2009). It first presents the book in the context of cognitive grammar, which was created by Ronald Langacker in the early 1980s. After a detailed presentation of the individual topics developed by Stockwell in his book, the article focuses on Stockwell’s conception of the aesthetic force of a work of literature.

  • Issue Year: 59/2011
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 430-441
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Czech
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