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Record W227523655 · doi:10.5325/style.45.2.0283

Response to Alan Palmer's “Social Minds”

2011· article· en· W227523655 on OpenAlex

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VenueStyle · 2011
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldArts and Humanities
TopicNarrative Theory and Analysis
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Alberta
Fundersnot available
KeywordsNarratologyEpistemologyContext (archaeology)SociologyPerspective (graphical)Representation (politics)NarrativePsychologyAestheticsLinguisticsPhilosophyHistoryComputer scienceLaw

Abstract

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Palmer's distinction between intramental, or personal, and intermental, or shared thought is undeniably valid from both an intuitive and an empirical perspective. It is hard even imagine a novel devoid of some conflict between individuals and collective norms, values, or biases of their social context, and indeed all contains some variation of this indispensable ingredient. Given narratology's lack of attention representation of intermental thoughts, it is be hoped that Palmer's directive for a systematic investigation of this issue will be heeded. His analysis of Middlemarch passages, which consists of identification of textual features used represent social minds, makes it clear that narratological approach is most appropriate for specific research project he clearly identifies in second part of his essay, namely development of a of social As a means achieve that goal, he rightly argues, it is necessary amass textual data regarding strategies and features used represent social minds in fiction. Once enough evidence is collectcd, it might be possible detect in way social minds are represented across time, and this in turn would advance our understanding of evolution of novel. The articulation of this particular goal and role of narratology in accomplishing it are most persuasively argued aspects of Palmer's essay. That narratology can be put at service of history is uncontroversial. Less clear, however, is relationship between this historical goal and very schematic cognitive framework he defends in first part of his essay (which constitutes approximately two-thirds of whole). Although this paper may not have been establish a coherent conceptual framework, bur rather make a case for usefulness of cognitive theories for narratological purposes, there does seem be a disconnect between cognitive and narratological in his argument. Throughout his long discussion of cognitive theories, Palmer drops many names of both cognitive scientists and literary scholars who make use of their research. Periodically, he very briefly alludes a few general insights and ideas within umbrella field of what he calls soft cognitive sciences. What one gleans from this long discussion is that main advantage of cognitive theories and approaches is their ability shed light on reading processes of real readers. He laments that narrative theory has taken insufficient account of practice of actual states that the constructions of minds of fictional characters by narrators and readers are central our understanding of how novels work ..., and declares that his aim is to show how readers make sense of fiction, explain processes that we all engage in ... In keeping with this goal, he offers several explanations about how readers construct elements of story world; for example, how they process plot, how they how they bring real world knowledge bear on text, and how they are able follow workings of characters' Given explicit narratological-historical goal stated towards end of his essay, first question that arises is how cognitive goal of understanding readers' mental processes is related narratological goal of identifying textual features used depict social minds. These appear be two very different objectives, equally laudable and necessary, but not obviously compatible. In other words, main problem that Palmer has not solved is precisely that of how reconcile narratological goal of analyzing textual features with cognitive interest in reader constructions. This reconciliation between narratological and cognitive is possible, but not necessarily in a way that would serve purpose of identifying historical patterns in representation of social minds. …

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Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
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Teacher disagreement score0.933
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

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Opus teacher head0.054
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