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A virtual roundtable on Iser’s legacy Part III: a conversation with Marco Caracciolo
Full text linkIn this article you find the third part of a roundtable on Wolfgang’s Iser legacy with Gerald Prince, Mark Freeman, Marco Caracciolo and Federico Bertoni. In Part III we discuss with Marco Caracciolo the common grounds of Iser and cognitive literary approaches and the role of interpration in cognitive literary studies
Forme, genre et valeur du flou. Entretien avec Marco Caracciolo
Full text linkMarco Caracciolo is an Associate Professor of English Literature at Ghent University, Belgium. His work focuses on the study of form and style in narrative, ecocriticism, cognitive literary studies and, more recently, the relationship between literature and videogames. He led the ERC project Narrating the Mesh: Ecology and the nonhuman in contemporary fiction and oral storytelling (2017-2022) and is the author of several books, including Contemporary Narrative and the Spectrum of Materiality (2023), Slow Narrative and Nonhuman Materialities (2022), Contemporary Fiction and Climate Uncertainty (2022), and Narrating the Mesh (2021).Marco Caracciolo es profesor asociado de Literatura Inglesa en la Universidad de Gante, Bélgica. Su trabajo se centra en el estudio de la forma y el estilo en la narrativa, la ecocrítica, los estudios literarios cognitivos y, más recientemente, la relación entre la literatura y los videojuegos. Dirigió el proyecto ERC Narrating the Mesh: Ecology and the nonhuman in Contemporary fiction and oral storytelling (2017-2022) y es autor de varios libros, entre ellos, Contemporary Narrative and the Spectrum of Materiality (2023), Slow Narrative and Nonhuman Materialities (2022), Contemporary Fiction and Climate Uncertainty (2022) y Narrating the Mesh (2021).Marco Caracciolo est professeur associé de littérature anglaise à l'Université de Gand, en Belgique. Ses travaux portent sur l'étude de la forme et du style dans le récit, l'écocritique, les études littéraires cognitives et, plus récemment, la relation entre littérature et jeux vidéo. Il a dirigé le projet ERC « Narrating the Mesh : Ecology and the nonhuman in contemporary fiction and oral storytelling » (2017-2022) et est l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages, dont « Contemporary Narrative and the Spectrum of Materiality » (2023), « Slow Narrative and Nonhuman Materialities » (2022), « Contemporary Fiction and Climate Uncertainty » (2022) et « Narrating the Mesh » (2021)
Cognitive literary studies : a conversation with Marco Caracciolo, Monika Fludernik, Patrick Colm Hogan and Karin Kukkonen
No full textThe article proposes a conversation on Cognitive Literary Studies with Marco Caracciolo, Monika Fludernik, Patrick Colm Hogan and Karin Kukkonen. Starting from a methodological reflection on the interdisciplinarity of this field, the scholars were asked to consider its foundations by focusing on the relationship between science and literature, and lastly to ponder the prospects of narrative theory, cognitive narratology and literary universals. The interview is preceded by a brief introduction which attempts to outline its purpose.The article proposes a conversation on Cognitive Literary Studies with Marco Caracciolo, Monika Fludernik, Patrick Colm Hogan and Karin Kukkonen. Starting from a methodological reflection on the interdisciplinarity of this field, the scholars were asked to consider its foundations by focusing on the relationship between science and literature, and lastly to ponder the prospects of narrative theory, cognitive narratology and literary universals. The interview is preceded by a brief introduction which attempts to outline its purpose.
The Shape of Things to Come. An Interview with Marco Caracciolo
Full text linkIn this “The Shape of Things to Come” interview, Marco Caracciolo provides insights into his current project on narrative complexity and its implications. He also discusses the value of collaboration and interdisciplinarity for the future of narrative research, and empirical approaches to narrative in particular
Cognitive literary studies : a conversation with Marco Caracciolo, Monika Fludernik, Patrick Colm Hogan and Karin Kukkonen
Full text linkThe article proposes a conversation on Cognitive Literary Studies with Marco Caracciolo, Monika Fludernik, Patrick Colm Hogan and Karin Kukkonen. Starting from a methodological reflection on the interdisciplinarity of this field, the scholars were asked to consider its foundations by focusing on the relationship between science and literature, and lastly to ponder the prospects of narrative theory, cognitive narratology and literary universals. The interview is preceded by a brief introduction which attempts to outline its purpose
Anthropocene, literature, and econarratology : an interview with Marco Caracciolo
No full textMarco Caracciolo is Associate Professor of English and Literary Theory at Ghent University in Belgium, where he led the ERC Starting Grant project "Narrating the Mesh." (2017-2022). His work explores the phenomenology of narrative, or the structure of the experiences afforded by literary fiction and other narrative media. He is the author of several books including the most recently Slow Narrative and Nonhuman Materialities (2022) and Contemporary Fiction and Climate Uncertainty: Narrating Unstable Futures (2022). In September 2021, Dr. Wang Hongri interviewed Caracciolo on Anthropocene literature and econarratology via e-mail. In this interview, Caracciolo sheds light on the use of such concepts as the Anthropocene, climate crisis and climate change fiction in literary studies. Further, he elaborates on the tardiness of narratological interests in environmental issues and narrative's formal affordance to address the Anthropocene condition. After commenting on the relationship between New Formalism and the contextualist vein of contemporary narrative theory, Caracciolo identifies four future directions for the study of Anthropocene literature and econarratology
Embodied Cognition and the Grotesque in Calvino\u27s La giornata d\u27uno scrutatore and Sanguineti\u27s Capriccio italiano
Full text linkIn his article Embodied Cognition and the Grotesque in Calvino\u27s La giornata d\u27uno scrutatore and Sanguineti\u27s Capriccio italiano Marco Caracciolo analyzes the multiple dimensions of embodied experience and how they can be brought to bear on literary texts. Drawing on scholarship in cognitive science, he argues that the embodiment of people\u27s engagement with the world emerges from the interaction between the physical structure of the body and socio-cultural practices. Caracciolo shows how such nexus of biological make-up and culture can give rise to particularly complex meanings in the representation of grotesque bodies. In order to illustrate his postulates, Caracciolo analyzes Italo Calvino\u27s La giornata d\u27uno scrutatore (The Watcher) and Edoardo Sanguineti\u27s Capriccio italiano, wherein distorted bodies play an important role
Exploring cross-cultural narratives in literary studies : tradition, subjectivity, and strategy : an interview with Xiuyan Fu and Marco Caracciolo
No full textThis interview article explores the dynamic intersections of cross-cultural narratology, focusing on three key dimensions: narrative tradition, narrative subjectivity, and narrative strategy. Through a conversation with two distinguished scholars – Professor Xiuyan Fu and Professor Marco Caracciolo – this discussion bridges Eastern and Western literary narrative traditions, delving into how cultural contexts shape narrative theories, how non-human entities contribute to the construction of narrative subjectivity, and how the concept of slow narrative functions as a narrative strategy in shaping modern literary narrative theory. The selection of these two interviewees is of considerable academic importance. Professor Xiuyan Fu is a leading figure in the field of Chinese narratology, renowned for his in-depth research on the narrative structures of traditional Chinese literature and their contemporary significance. His work not only provides an essential perspective on how cultural traditions shape narrative forms but also highlights the unique contributions of Chinese narratology within global narrative studies. Professor Marco Caracciolo is one of the foremost scholars in cognitive narratology and materiality studies in the West. His research has had a significant impact on narrative experience, embodied cognition, and environmental storytelling. He particularly examines how narrative engages readers’ embodied experiences and how non-human perspectives challenge anthropocentric narratives in the Anthropocene. His work not only expands the boundaries of narratology but also advances academic discussions in posthumanism and ecocriticism, offering new theoretical frameworks for narrative studies in contemporary interdisciplinary literature. By engaging in this dialogue, the interview aims to provide fresh insights into the future development of literary theory, particularly at the intersection of ecocriticism, narratology, and the digital humanities. The perspectives of these two scholars will contribute to these evolving academic fields while offering valuable guidance and reflections for emerging scholars.This interview article explores the dynamic intersections of cross-cultural narratology, focusing on three key dimensions: narrative tradition, narrative subjectivity, and narrative strategy. Through a conversation with two distinguished scholars – Professor Xiuyan Fu and Professor Marco Caracciolo – this discussion bridges Eastern and Western literary narrative traditions, delving into how cultural contexts shape narrative theories, how non-human entities contribute to the construction of narrative subjectivity, and how the concept of slow narrative functions as a narrative strategy in shaping modern literary narrative theory. The selection of these two interviewees is of considerable academic importance. Professor Xiuyan Fu is a leading figure in the field of Chinese narratology, renowned for his in-depth research on the narrative structures of traditional Chinese literature and their contemporary significance. His work not only provides an essential perspective on how cultural traditions shape narrative forms but also highlights the unique contributions of Chinese narratology within global narrative studies. Professor Marco Caracciolo is one of the foremost scholars in cognitive narratology and materiality studies in the West. His research has had a significant impact on narrative experience, embodied cognition, and environmental storytelling. He particularly examines how narrative engages readers’ embodied experiences and how non-human perspectives challenge anthropocentric narratives in the Anthropocene. His work not only expands the boundaries of narratology but also advances academic discussions in posthumanism and ecocriticism, offering new theoretical frameworks for narrative studies in contemporary interdisciplinary literature. By engaging in this dialogue, the interview aims to provide fresh insights into the future development of literary theory, particularly at the intersection of ecocriticism, narratology, and the digital humanities. The perspectives of these two scholars will contribute to these evolving academic fields while offering valuable guidance and reflections for emerging scholars.A
Strange Narrators in Contemporary Fiction
Full text linkA storyteller’s craft can often be judged by how convincingly the narrative captures the identity and personality of its characters. In this book, the characters who take center stage are “strange” first-person narrators: they are fascinating because of how they are at odds with what the reader would wish or expect to hear—while remaining reassuringly familiar in voice, interactions, and conversations. Combining literary analysis with research in cognitive and social psychology, Marco Caracciolo focuses on readers’ encounters with the “strange” narrators of ten contemporary novels, including Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho, Haruki Murakami’s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, and Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Caracciolo explores readers’ responses to narrators who suffer from neurocognitive or developmental disorders, who are mentally disturbed due to multiple personality disorder or psychopathy, whose consciousness is split between two parallel dimensions or is disembodied, who are animals, or who lose their sanity.A foray into current work on reception, reader-response, cognitive literary study, and narratology, Strange Narrators in Contemporary Fiction illustrates why any encounter with a fictional text is a complex negotiation of interlaced feelings, thoughts, experiences, and interpretations
Imaginação, experiência, emoção: a teoria enativista da leitura da ficção de Marco Caracciolo
No full textIn order to investigate the affective dimension of fiction reading, this article discusses Marco Caracciolo’s narrative theory. Examining how literary texts produce affective effects on readers requires finding a theory of human cognition capable of integrating, within a single descriptive model, the sensory and representational components involved in the process, so as to explain how the text stimulates an imaginative experience capable of generating affective responses. Within the emerging field of cognitive narratology, this article locates this model in Marco Caracciolo's enactive theory, which posits that reading involves invoking the reader's experiential memories through the stimulation of expressive devices in the text. To test the applicability of his theory, we analyze excerpts from Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, focusing on the articulation of expressive devices that may evoke the enactive experience of perceptions and affects, culminating in the experience of horror. At key points, complementary theories are discussed, such as Daniel Hutto's radical enactivism, Stephen Asma and Rami Gabriel's evolutionary theory of emotions, and Daniel Dor's theory of language. Thus, the article fosters discussion on the potential contributions of enactivism to literary theory by introducing Caracciolo's propositions—one of the founders of this emerging transdisciplinary research.Para investigar a afetivização da leitura da ficção, este artigo discute a teoria da narrativa de Marco Caracciolo. Investigar como textos literários produzem efeitos afetivos no leitor demanda encontrar uma teoria da cognição humana capaz de integrar, num único modelo descritivo, os componentes sensoriais e representacionais envolvidos no processo, explicando como o texto estimula uma experiência imaginária capaz de gerar respostas afetivas. Dentro do campo emergente da narratologia cognitiva, este artigo encontra esse modelo na teoria enativista de Marco Caracciolo, para a qual a leitura envolve o apelo a memórias experienciais do leitor a partir do estímulo de dispositivos expressivos do texto. Para testar a aplicabilidade da sua teoria, fazemos uma análise de excertos de O Cemitério, de Stephen King, com foco na articulação de dispositivos expressivos que podem suscitar a experiência enativa de percepções e afetos, culminando na experiência do horror. Pontualmente, são comentadas teorias complementares à nossa discussão, como o enativismo radical de Daniel Hutto, a teoria evolutiva das emoções de Stephen Asma e Rami Gabriel e a teoria da linguagem de Daniel Dor. Desse modo, o artigo fomenta a discussão sobre as contribuições potenciais do enativismo para a teoria da literatura, mediante a introdução das proposições de Caracciolo, um dos fundadores dessa pesquisa transdisciplinar emergente
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