КОГНІТИВНА НАРАТОЛОГІЯ: МЕТОДИ ТА ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ

Abstract

The article is devoted to modern cognitive research in the field of narratology. The key aspects that determine the specifics of literary studies of the cognitive areas were considered in the article. The purpose of the article is to identify and characterize leading trends in cognitive research. Current narratological studies of the post-structuralism period have been characterized. Close links of cognitive narratology with other branches of science, which can be traced at the level of methods, object and purpose of research, have been identified. It is concluded that this kind of links will be further strengthened through methodological exchange and cooperation. The arguments of opponents of the cognitive approach were analyzed, and the shortcomings of the cognitive science methodology were identified. The scientific works of literary predecessors, which formed the basis for the further emergence and development of cognitive narratology, were considered. Views on cognitive research in the field of literary criticism of such scientists as A. Palmer, D. Herman, W. Schmid, M.-L. Ryan et al. were reviewed. The contribution of modern Ukrainian researchers to cognitive science has been traced. Particular attention is paid to the study of the content of the central concept of cognitive science «mind» as well as its meaningful translation into East Slavic languages. The views of cognitive scientists on the problem of the degree of openness of the mind of a fictional character for readers and researchers have been examined. Ways of reproducing the mind of the heroes of a work of art have been identified. As a result of the study, the fast pace of development of cognitive narratology and the growing attention of researchers to the wide possibilities of its methodology were revealed. The prospects of future research in the areas of cognitive narratology, which consist in studying the ways of expression of children’s and adult mind in the fictional narrative of children’s works of East Slavic authors, are noted.