Issue Details: First known date: 2021... 2021 Cognitive Australian Literary Studies and the Creation of New Heuristic Constellations
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'This survey essay aims to map out the rise of the Australian neurohumanities by contextualising at a global and national level what is gradually shaping up as a new direction in Australian literary criticism. This cognitive literary history of Australian criticism begins with a definition and contextualisation of cognitive Australian literary studies and goes on to offer a bird’s eye view of cognitive-inspired fiction and nonfiction. This introductory chapter posits that the cognitive literary studies approach to Australian literature could be construed as a promising way to expand and refresh the field of Australian literary studies while generating interdisciplinarity. By providing a couple of specific examples of ground-breaking neurocognitive readings of Australian novels, the researcher at once challenges the resistance proffered by the curators of traditional fields and paves the way for promising overtures in the humanities.'

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    y separately published work icon The Rise of the Australian Neurohumanities : Conversations Between Neurocognitive Research and Australian Literature Jean-François Vernay (editor), London : Routledge , 2021 21392095 2021 anthology criticism

    '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.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

    London : Routledge , 2021
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