Application is the process in which readers of literature focus on elements in a text and compare them with the outside world as they know it – an operation with cognitive and emotional consequences. This book demonstrates how and why this simple yet neglected mechanism is of profound importance for the understanding of literary art and experience.
In his account of text and textual meaning, Pettersson demonstrates that a text as commonly conceived is not only a verbal structure but also a physical entity, two kinds of phenomena which do not in fact add up to a unitary object. He describes this current notion of text as convenient enough for many practical purposes, but inadequate in discussions of a theoretically more demanding nature. Having clearly demonstrated its intellectual drawbacks, he develops an alternative, boldly revisionary way of thinking about text and textual meaning. His careful argument is in challenging dialogue with assumptions about language-in-use to be found in a wide range of present-day literary theory, linguistics, philosophical aesthetics, and philosophy of language.
Anders Pettersson presents a comprehensive account of the foundations of literature, grounded in an original analysis of the interactions between author and reader. Drawing on post-Gricean pragmatics and Nicholas Wolterstorff's notion of presentationality, Pettersson develops the idea of the verbal text and conveys an integrated and nuanced understanding of literary experience, its conditions, and the values it affords. In the second part of Verbal Art he systematically examines the cognitive, affective, and formal aspects of the literary work and explores their interrelations. Pettersson demonstrates the implications and applications of the theory through a series of detailed studies of literary works, taking care to show that his theory is compatible with a broad variety of perspectives. Combining an intimate knowledge of modern literary theory and the aesthetics of literature with innovative applications of linguistics and cognitive psychology to the literary work, he provides a thorough treatment of fundamental problems in the area, including the concept of a text or work, the concept of form, and the distinctiveness of the literary use of language. Anders Pettersson is professor of Swedish and comparative literature at the University of Umeå in Sweden.
After a night out partying, a slacker finds a cell phone on a train and begins receiving text messages inviting him to play a game where participants rate videos of pranks and criminal acts that eventually start merging into the real world.
This book is an ideal complement to studies showing the potentially devastating ecological effects of climate change, studies trying to calculate the costs of climate change, and studies trying to identify the most pressing needs in preparing for the new climate.
This book considers the changing nature of both religion and welfare in Europe. It is the second of two volumes. Together they examine the function of majority churches as agents of social welfare in eight European societies (Sweden, Finland, Norway, England, Germany, France, Italy and Greece). Volume 2 explores the connections between religion and welfare from three perspectives: sociology, gender and theology. The authors ask new questions about the religious and the secular and the implications of each for the process known as secularization. Looking carefully at the gendered nature of care, they ask why women predominate so noticeably in both religion and welfare at least in the delivery of service. With regard to theological discourse, they explore the ways in which religious belief operates as an independent variable in the construction of welfare systems? The issues raised in this book are of immediate topical importance: they include the increased visibility of religion in the public sphere, the anxieties of European populations about the welfare state and the centrality of gender to both questions. The policy implications are huge.
-Här eller paket, frågade den utländske killen i gatuköket och pekade på några folieformar som stod ovanpå en läskedryckskyl. -Paket, svarade Andreas snabbt. -Varsågod, sade killen i gatuköket och lämnade över en papperspåse med maten väl förpackad i. -Tack sade Andreas, tog påsen och skulle precis vända sig om. -Hey, mister Svensson, ropade mannen inifrån gatuköket. -Va, svarade Andreas helt ställd. Hur vet du vad jag heter? -Mister Svensson, upprepade mannen i luckan. Jag har en hälsning till dig. -En hälsning, sade Andreas ännu mer förvånad. -En hälsning från våra gemensamma vänner i det soliga Spanien, flinade mannen. Jag tror att du vet vilka jag menar. Jag ska hälsa dig att du ska ringa dem på det vanliga numret. Okej? Andreas har drabbats av något han inte räknat med. Han har blivit kär. Hur ska han nu kunna fortsätta sin kamp? Ska han bli tvungen att överge alla sina planer och börja leva ett lugnt och stilla liv som äkta make nu? Och kan han i så fall känna sig lugn och trygg eller kommer någon att börja snoka i hans förflutna? Det verkar finnas personer som är intresserade av honom. Personer som är ovanligt envisa och inte tänker ge upp. Andreas förutsättningar i livet har verkligen ändrats och nu gäller det för honom att hänga med. Ska han klara sig undan alla gamla synder och kunna leva det liv han drömmer om tillsammans med sin älskade Victoria eller kommer verkligheten att komma ikapp honom till sist?
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