Abstract
In Reuven Tsur' Toward a Theory of Cognitive Poetics, cognitive science is used to explain why certain literary text can produce certain aesthetic effect, and hence a bridge between formal criticism and impressionist criticism is built. In Tsur's book, convergent and divergent styles are set as the two extremes of stylistics, while wit and emotion as two extremes of aesthetic effects. Tsur can then discuss poetry from seven aspects, giving fresh explanations to such aesthetic terms the sublime and the grotesque from the perspective of cognitive science.
First Page
146
Last Page
154
Recommended Citation
He, Huibin. 2015. "Cognitive Poetics as a Bridge Between Formal and Impressionist Criticism: On Reuven Tsur's Toward a Theory of Cognitive Poetics." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 35, (4): pp.146-154. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss4/8
