Tolle lege. Embodied reading and the “scene of reading”

This paper explains the theoretical motivation and background for using intellectual and literary historiography as potential sources for the study of reading as an ‘embodied’ and ‘distributed’ activity. It illustrates the theory by way of examples from different periods and cultural contexts. It fo...

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Published in:Language sciences (Oxford) 2021-03, Vol.84, p.101357, Article 101357
Main Author: Benne, Christian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Embodied reading
Embodiment
Gesture
Graham Greene
Historiography
Reading
Scene of reading
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Summary:This paper explains the theoretical motivation and background for using intellectual and literary historiography as potential sources for the study of reading as an ‘embodied’ and ‘distributed’ activity. It illustrates the theory by way of examples from different periods and cultural contexts. It focusses on explaining the concept of the ‘scene of reading’ and, in particular, the role of gesture in reading and its literary depiction.
ISSN:0388-0001
1873-5746
DOI:10.1016/j.langsci.2021.101357