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Introduction: Analysing Emotion And Theorising Affect, Peta Tait
Introduction: Analysing Emotion And Theorising Affect, Peta Tait
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
Increased interest in the study of the emotions and affect within the humanities and creative arts can be identified in Australia, where there is nationally funded interdisciplinary research into the history of emotions [1]. While the study of the emotions can be found across a number of academic disciplines, historically, it was theatrical performance that publicly displayed—as well as challenged—ideas of emotional expression in society. The philosophical complexity of theatre is described in, for example: Aristotle’s expectation of benefit to society from the arousal of pity and fear [2]; Diderot’s appreciation that good actors do not feel the emotion that …
Henry James, Affect And The Writer/Researcher, Catherine Cole
Henry James, Affect And The Writer/Researcher, Catherine Cole
Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts - Papers (Archive)
In this paper I am going to examine the role of the fiction writer/academic in university writing programs, especially the way in which they wear numerous research hats. Multi-skilled in every sense of the word, they range over university research restlessly - research for a novel one day, pedagogical research the next, time snatched, if they're lucky, to pursue their 'formal' research projects, to apply for funding not just from the ARC but from the Literature Board and other community funds available to writers. They find the time to give conference papers and meet other researchers in their fields. While …