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1、ABODYOFSUFFERING:READINGSHAKESPEARE’STRAGEDIESTHROUGHCOGNITIVETHEORYByNICHOLASRYANHELMSATHESISSubmittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofArtsintheDepartmentofEnglishintheGraduateSchoolofTheUniversityofAlabamaTUSCALOOSA,ALABAMA2009UMINumber:1464940INFORMA
2、TIONTOUSERSThequalityofthisreproductionisdependentuponthequalityofthecopysubmitted.Brokenorindistinctprint,coloredorpoorqualityillustrationsandphotographs,printbleed-through,substandardmargins,andimproperalignmentcanadverselyaffectreproduction.Intheunlikelyeventthattheauthordidn
3、otsendacompletemanuscriptandtherearemissingpages,thesewillbenoted.Also,ifunauthorizedcopyrightmaterialhadtoberemoved,anotewillindicatethedeletion.______________________________________________________________UMIMicroform1464940Copyright2009byProQuestLLCAllrightsreserved.Thismicr
4、oformeditionisprotectedagainstunauthorizedcopyingunderTitle17,UnitedStatesCode._______________________________________________________________ProQuestLLC789EastEisenhowerParkwayP.O.Box1346AnnArbor,MI48106-1346CopyrightNicholasRyanHelms2009ALLRIGHTSRESERVEDABSTRACTInthefollowingc
5、haptersIattempttobuildanduseacognitivetheoryoftragedy.IbasethistheoryupontheworkofGeorgeLakoff,MarkJohnson,andMarkTurner,whosestudiesofembodiedmetaphorandconceptualblendingofferanewlinguisticunderstandingofthewayhumanbeingsthink.Whenappliedtotragedy,thesecognitivetheoriesenablea
6、radicalrethinkingofthetragichero,catharsis,andsufferingitself.Mythesiscontainsthreemajorsections.Inthefirst,Ilayoutthefoundationofmytheory,describingthebasicprocessesofembodiedmetaphorandconceptualblendingandlinkingtheseprocessestotheoreticalaccountsofparadigmshiftandpattern,spe
7、cificallythoseofThomasKuhnandDanielDennett.Ithendescribecognitivetheory’srelationshiptotraditionaltragictheorists,includingAristotle,Hegel,Nietzsche,andTerryEagleton.Finally,Iofferacognitivereadingoftwoplays:RomeoandJulietandKingLear.Throughout,Ihopetoillustratethelinksbetweenth
8、ought,metaphor,andhumanaction.Metaphorsarenotsi
