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1、ABODYOFSUFFERING:READINGSHAKESPEARE’STRAGEDIESTHROUGHCOGNITIVETHEORYByNICHOLASRYANHELMSATHESISSubmittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofArtsintheDepartmentofEnglishintheGraduateSchoolofTheUniversityofAlabamaTUSCALOOSA,ALABAMA2009UMINumber:1464940INFORMATIONTOUSERSThequal
2、ityofthisreproductionisdependentuponthequalityofthecopysubmitted.Brokenorindistinctprint,coloredorpoorqualityillustrationsandphotographs,printbleed-through,substandardmargins,andimproperalignmentcanadverselyaffectreproduction.Intheunlikelyeventthattheauthordidnotsendacompletemanuscriptandthereare
3、missingpages,thesewillbenoted.Also,ifunauthorizedcopyrightmaterialhadtoberemoved,anotewillindicatethedeletion.______________________________________________________________UMIMicroform1464940Copyright2009byProQuestLLCAllrightsreserved.Thismicroformeditionisprotectedagainstunauthorizedcopyingunder
4、Title17,UnitedStatesCode._______________________________________________________________ProQuestLLC789EastEisenhowerParkwayP.O.Box1346AnnArbor,MI48106-1346CopyrightNicholasRyanHelms2009ALLRIGHTSRESERVEDABSTRACTInthefollowingchaptersIattempttobuildanduseacognitivetheoryoftragedy.Ibasethistheoryupo
5、ntheworkofGeorgeLakoff,MarkJohnson,andMarkTurner,whosestudiesofembodiedmetaphorandconceptualblendingofferanewlinguisticunderstandingofthewayhumanbeingsthink.Whenappliedtotragedy,thesecognitivetheoriesenablearadicalrethinkingofthetragichero,catharsis,andsufferingitself.Mythesiscontainsthreemajorse
6、ctions.Inthefirst,Ilayoutthefoundationofmytheory,describingthebasicprocessesofembodiedmetaphorandconceptualblendingandlinkingtheseprocessestotheoreticalaccountsofparadigmshiftandpattern,specificallythoseofThomasKuhnandDanielDennett.Ithendescribecognitivetheory’srelationshiptotraditionaltragictheo
7、rists,includingAristotle,Hegel,Nietzsche,andTerryEagleton.Finally,Iofferacognitivereadingoftwoplays:RomeoandJulietandKingLear.Throughout,Ihopetoillustratethelinksbetweenthought,metaphor,andhumanaction.Metaphorsarenotsi
