Shakespeare and cognition
Subtitle: thinking fast and slow through character
By: Neema Parvini
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 75
ISBN-13: 9781137543158
Subjects: Psychology and literature; Cognition in literature; Psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology; LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Characters; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama
Description: "Shakespeare and Cognition challenges orthodox approaches to Shakespeare by using recent psychological findings about human decision-making to analyse the unique characters that populate his plays. It aims to find a way to reconnect readers and watchers of Shakespeare's plays to the fundamental questions that first animated them. Why does Othello succumb so easily to Iago's manipulations? Why does Anne allow herself to be wooed by Richard III, the man who killed her husband and father? Why does Macbeth go from being a seemingly reasonable man to a cold-blooded killer? Why does Hamlet take so long to kill Claudius? This book aims to answer these questions from a fresh perspective"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: List of TablesAcknowledgementsIntroductory Note1. Why Characters Matter in Shakespeare's Plays2. Key Concepts: Dual-Process Theory, Heuristics and Biases3. 'Teach me how to flatter you': Persuasion4. Iago, Othello, and Trait Ascription Bias5. 'And reason panders will': Another Look at Hamlet's Analysis ParalysisConcluding NoteReferencesIndex.