| Affect Theory, Genre, and the Example of Tragedy: Dreams We Learn Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Lucas, Duncan A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030069281 ISBN-13: 9783030069285 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $94.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature |
| Dewey: 801 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.93 lbs) 329 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Affect Theory, Genre, and the Example of Tragedy employs Silvan Tomkins' Affect-Script theory of human psychology to explore the largely unacknowledged emotions of disgust and shame in tragedy. The book begins with an overview of Tomkins' relationship to both traditional psychoanalysis and theories of human motivation and emotion, before considering tragedy via case studies of Oedipus, Hamlet, and Death of a Salesman. Aligning Affect-Script theory with literary genre studies, this text explores what motivates fictional characters within the closed conditions of their imagined worlds and how we as an audience relate to and understand fictional characters as motivated humans.
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