The theory of cognitive resonance as a foundation for dialectical hermeneutics
Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: ii This thesis is a search for the roots of literary criticism in human nature. It defines literature as the artful practice of language in any mode, and determines language to be artful either when an author produces language in a recognized artistic format or an auditor perceives the use of language as edifying. This thesis distinguishes language as a uniquely human feature emerging with technology at the time when hominid ancestors emerged as bipedal. It describes how individuals acquire language and develop linguistic skills. Based on the anthropological and linguistic evidence, it proposes the theory of cognitive resonance to suggests that neural processes compare similarities and differences between utterances perceived and existing knowledge to generate new knowledge, which can subsequently be used to process further utterances. Cognitive resonance is a physical, brain-based process facilitated by neural wave energy stimulated by perceiving language – verbal thought, speech, writing, or manual signaling – in the form of wave energy. This thesis finds that texts to be studied as literature are
Author: Gerald Mark Kenney
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W164952927