Conceptual Mathematics and Literature

Toward a Deep Reading of Texts and Minds

• Author(s): Yair Neuman,
• Publisher: Brill
• Pages: 175
• ISBN_10: 9004442367
  ISBN_13: 9789004442368
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Mathematics / General , Mathematics / Applied , Mathematics / History & Philosophy , Psychology / General , Science / Cognitive Science ,

Description:... The old practices of interpretation have been exhausted, and the humanities and social sciences are facing a crisis. Is there a way out of the labyrinth of reading? In this book, Professor Neuman presents a challenging approach to interpreting texts and reading literature through the spectacles of conceptual mathematics. This approach strives to avoid the simplicity of a quantitative approach to the analysis of literature as well as both the relativistic and the ideological dangers facing a qualitative reading of a text. The approach is introduced in a rigorous and accessible manner and woven with insights gained from various fields. Taking us on a challenging journey from Ovid's Metamorphoses to Nick Cave's The Death of Bunny Munro, the book shows how we may gain a deeper understanding of literature and the aesthetic experience of reading.