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This exciting one-of-a-kind volume brings together new
contributions by geographically diverse authors who range from
early career researchers to well-established scholars in the field.
It unprecedentedly showcases a wide variety of the latest research
at the intersection of Australian literary studies and cognitive
literary studies in a single volume. It takes Australian fiction on
the leading edge by paving the way for a new direction in
Australian literary criticism.
This unique book on neurocognitive interpretations of Australian
literature covers a wide range of analyses by discussing Australian
Literary Studies, Aboriginal literary texts, women writers, ethnic
writing, bestsellers, neurodivergence fiction, emerging as well as
high- profile writers, literary hoaxes and controversies, book
culture, and LGBTIQA+ authors, to name a few. It eclectically
brings together a wide gamut of cognitive concepts and literary
genres at the intersection of Australian literary studies and
cognitive literary studies in the first single-author volume of its
kind. It takes Australian Literary Studies into the age of
neuroawareness and provides new pathways in contemporary criticism.
Written originally for a French audience to inform them about the
richness of Australian writing, The Great Australian Novel - A
Panorama now appears in a remastered English version. It is a story
of Australia, its people and ideas, its history and geography as
revealed through the exciting genre of the Australian novel. As the
title indicates, the book has an innovative cinematic structure
containing 35 inserts: Close-ups of an author, low-angle shots for
the greats - novels and/or authors, panoramic views for themes or
the career of specific writers and bonus items such as a
bibliography and an index.The author speaks directly to the reader
in a free-flowing narrative that is concerned with involving the
reader emotionally and intellectually. Highlighted along the way
are contributions by women, non-Anglophone and Aboriginal authors,
as well as the most recent trends in writing. A timely book for the
general reader that will stimulate an interest in Australian
literature.
By meshing psychology with literary analysis, this book inspires us
to view the reading of fictional works as an emotional and
seductive affair between reader and writer. Arguing that current
teaching practices have contributed to the current decline in the
study of literature, Jean-Francois Vernay's plea brings a
refreshing perspective by seeking new directions and conceptual
tools to highlight the value of literature. Interdisciplinary in
focus and relevant to timely discussions of the vitality between
emotion and literary studies, particularly within the contexts of
psychology, affect studies, and cognitive studies, this book will
open up a space in which the formation of our emotions can be
openly examined and discussed.
By meshing psychology with literary analysis, this book inspires us
to view the reading of fictional works as an emotional and
seductive affair between reader and writer. Arguing that current
teaching practices have contributed to the current decline in the
study of literature, Jean-Francois Vernay's plea brings a
refreshing perspective by seeking new directions and conceptual
tools to highlight the value of literature. Interdisciplinary in
focus and relevant to timely discussions of the vitality between
emotion and literary studies, particularly within the contexts of
psychology, affect studies, and cognitive studies, this book will
open up a space in which the formation of our emotions can be
openly examined and discussed.
Author of six novels, Christopher John Koch (born in 1932) is one
of Australia's leading novelists who enjoys worldwide recognition.
Koch's writing has its finger on the pulse of today's changing
society. Not only does his work fall within a universal stream but
it also stands out as a production of its own, built like a puzzle
with distinct pieces. Through fiction, Koch explores other genres -
the fairy tale, drama, poetry - to the point of producing
multi-faceted works which challenge classification. In spite of the
constant renewal of his settings for action, one notices the
presence of a main thread which runs through Koch's fiction: the
antipodean and ambiguous relationship between illusion and reality.
This theoretically-informed monograph provides a book-by-book
analysis of the novelist's ouvre and gives a full picture of his
Weltanschauung. It is valuable reference for scholars in Australian
Studies, as well as those researching postcolonial, psychoanalytic
and literary theories.
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