Speaking Pictures

Neuropsychoanalysis and Authorship in Film and Literature

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts
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Author: Alistair Fox ISBN: 9780253020994
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: March 21, 2016
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author: Alistair Fox
ISBN: 9780253020994
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: March 21, 2016
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

Alistair Fox presents a theory of literary and cinematic representation through the lens of neurological and cognitive science in order to understand the origins of storytelling and our desire for fictional worlds. Fox contends that fiction is deeply shaped by emotions and the human capacity for metaphorical thought. Literary and moving images bridge emotional response with the cognitive side of the brain. In a radical move to link the neurosciences with psychoanalysis, Fox foregrounds the interpretive experience as a way to reach personal emotional equilibrium by working through autobiographical issues within a fictive form.

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Alistair Fox presents a theory of literary and cinematic representation through the lens of neurological and cognitive science in order to understand the origins of storytelling and our desire for fictional worlds. Fox contends that fiction is deeply shaped by emotions and the human capacity for metaphorical thought. Literary and moving images bridge emotional response with the cognitive side of the brain. In a radical move to link the neurosciences with psychoanalysis, Fox foregrounds the interpretive experience as a way to reach personal emotional equilibrium by working through autobiographical issues within a fictive form.

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