Tragic Props and Cognitive Function

Aspects of the Function of Images in Thinking

Bibliographic Data

ID9314065
AuthorsColleen Chaston (corresponding author)
Year2010
Pages269
Publication date2010-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueTragic props and cognitive function (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/ej.9789004177383.i-272
OpenAlexW610014663
ISBN9789004177383
Open LibraryOL24022665M
Google BooksWnBoG0XsCZ0C
LanguageEN
Citations received22

By applying aspects of cognitive psychology to a study of three key tragic props, this book examines the importance of visual imagery in ancient Greek tragedy. The shield, the urn and the mask are props which serve as controls for investigating the connection between visual imagery and the spectators' intellectual experience of tragic drama. As vehicles for conceptual change the props point to a function of imagery in problem solving. Connections between the visual and the cognitive in tragedy, particularly through image shape and its potential for various meanings, add a new perspective to scholarship on the role of the visual in ancient performance. These connections also add weight to the importance of imagery in contemporary problem solving and creative thought

Aesthetics · Art · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Drama · Function (biology · Literature · Mental image · Perspective (graphical · Scholarship · Tragedy (event · Visual arts · Classical Antiquity Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Law · Psychology · Greece · Greek drama · Greek drama (Tragedy) · Greek drama, history and criticism · History · History and criticism · Imagery (Psychology) in literature · Psychology in literature · Stage-setting and scenery · Theater · Theaters · Theaters, stage setting and scenery · to 500

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