Cognition and Poetics - Second Call for Papers

[Alexander Bergs]

*CaP-12: Cognition and Poetics*

*International Conference 25-27th April 2013*

*Universität Osnabrück, Germany*

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*SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS*

Over the past 30 years we have seen a growing body of research devoted 
to the cognitive underpinnings of literature and the arts in general, 
especially with regard to the linguistics of literature. This first 
international conference on cognition and poetics (CaP) aims at bringing 
together scholars from a wide range of disciplines, including, but not 
limited to, literature, culture, aesthetics, semiotics, linguistics, 
cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy, history, and psychology in 
order to illuminate the possibilities (and limitations) of taking a 
fresh look at literature and other poetic artifacts (such as film, 
music, art, drama) from a cognitive perspective. On the one hand, we 
need to take stock of what has already been done in this field over the 
past 30 years or more, on the other hand, some ideas and methods will 
have to be critically evaluated in the light of new research, and there 
are also many new pathways to be discovered and developed. In 
particular, a cognitive approach to literature raises questions about 
the basic nature of aesthetic experience and whether there are specific 
constraints and features (differentia specifica, as Jakobson termed 
them) that characterize the individual art forms, their production, and 
their reception.

Eventually, we hope to arrive at a fruitful collaboration and symbiosis 
between the different disciplines.

The conference will take place from the 25-27 April 2013 at the 
Institute of English and American Studies of the University of 
Osnabrück, Germany.

Invited plenary speakers include:

Mark Bruhn (Regis University, Denver)

Wallace Chafe (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Barbara Dancygier (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)

Suzanne Nalbantian, Long Island University, New York

In addition, the conference will also host a roundtable discussion on

"Cognition and Poetics: Past, Present, Future". Discussants are Reuven 
Tsur, Margaret Freeman, Patrick Colm Hogan, Raymond Gibbs, Gerhard 
Lauer, Ralph Müller, Alan Palmer, Frank Kelleter, and Mark Turner.

The conference is part of the UOS Research Cluster on Cognition and Poetics.

The Research Cluster on Cognition and Poetics offers fifteen (15) stipends covering 
conference fee and accommodation for the best student/graduate/ 
post-graduate abstracts.

*SUBMISSION DETAILS*
Deadline for submission of 250-word abstracts is November 30, 2012. Abstracts should be sent as word or pdf attachments to cap at uni-osnabrueck.de
You need to specify in your email text

- your name,

- affiliation,

- email address,

- title of the talk


Please see www.blogs.uni-osnabrueck.de/cap12 
<http://www.blogs.uni-osnabrueck.de/cap12> for more details.
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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexander Bergs, M.A.
Chair of English Language and Linguistics
 
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik (IfAA)
Fachbereich 7 -Universitaet Osnabrueck
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D-49069 Osnabrueck
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