{"product_id":"the-affects-cognition-and-politics-of-samuel-becketts-postwar-drama-and-fiction-revolutionary-and-evolutionary-paradoxes-paperback","title":"The Affects, Cognition, and Politics of Samuel Beckett's Postwar Drama and Fiction: Revolutionary and Evolutionary Paradoxes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCristina Ionica\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1. Introduction to Beckett's \"Absurdist\" ExcessPart I Contagion and Accessibility: Revolutionary Beckett2. Repetition, Deliberation, and an \u003ci\u003eOther\u003c\/i\u003e Power: The Paradox as Practice3. The Liberating Laughter of \"Nearly There\" Beckett's Solidarity-Building Dramas4. Under-the-Radar Derision and Anger: Becoming Revolutionary in\/ through Beckett's FictionPart II Script Evaluation and Enrichment: Evolutionary Beckett5. Beckett's \"Script Multiplication and Enrichment\" Rejecting Toxic Disjunctions and Seeking Inclusivity6. Evaluation, Expulsion, Expansion, and Reframing: Building Processing Speed and Tolerance to Cognitive Strain7. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Affects, Cognition, and Politics of Samuel Beckett's Postwar Drama and Fiction: Revolutionary and Evolutionary Paradoxes \u003c\/i\u003etheorizes the revolutionary and evolutionary import of Beckett's works in a global context defined by increasingly ubiquitous and insidious mechanisms of capture, exploitation, and repression, alongside unprecedented demands for high-volume information-processing and connectivity. Part I shows that, in generating consistent flows of solidarity-based angry laughter, Beckett's works sabotage coercive couplings of the subject to social machines by translating subordination and repression into \u003ci\u003eprocesses \u003c\/i\u003erather than \u003ci\u003edata\u003c\/i\u003e of experience. Through an examination of Beckett's attack on gender\/ class-related normative injunctions, the book shows that Beckett's works can generate solidarity and action-oriented affects in readers\/ spectators regardless of their training in textual analysis. Part II proposes that Beckett's works can weaken the cognitive dominance of constrictive \"frames\" in readers\/ audiences, so that toxic ideological formations such as the association of safety and comfort with simplicity and \"sameness\" are rejected and more complex cognitive operations are welcomed instead--a process that bolsters the mind's ability to operate at ease with increasingly complex, malleable, extensible, and inclusive frames, as well as with increasing volumes of information.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCristina Ionica\u003c\/b\u003e teaches English, Film, Writing, and Professional Communication courses at Fanshawe College in London, Canada. Her research has been published in \u003ci\u003eESC: English Studies in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAngelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMLS: Modern Language Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLIT: Literature Interpretation Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHorror Studies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.27 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51786581377312,"sku":"9783030349042","price":145.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/17f575bbd8c9cd302f34ed27a1475615.webp?v=1780636456","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-affects-cognition-and-politics-of-samuel-becketts-postwar-drama-and-fiction-revolutionary-and-evolutionary-paradoxes-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}