Abstract

Cognitive poetics has often investigated only literary reading practices. This article examines how one particular method of cognitive poetics, text world theory, can be used to understand the cognitive reading practices based upon Christian hermeneutic systems of temporality. To differentiate religious rhetoric from persuasive public rhetoric, the article examines text and discourse worlds in 1980s British Labour Party rhetoric, in the rhetoric of the Sermon on the Mount, and in Catholic social activist rhetoric.

Details

Title
Anaphora, Possible Worlds, and Temporal Schemas: Locating the Future in Public and Religious Discourses
Author
Liberty Lee Kohn
Pages
192-214
Section
Cognitive Poetics - A cura di Stefano Calabrese e Stefano Ballerio
Publication year
2013
Publication date
Jun 2013
Publisher
Universita degli Studi di Milano
e-ISSN
20372426
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2416421778
Copyright
© 2013. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.