Norbert Francis

Bilingual and Multicultural Perspectives on Poetry, Music, and Narrative

The Science of Art

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bilingual and multicultural approaches to the study of literature and music give the most complete panorama of the problems related to understanding artistic ability and sensibility. Norbert Francis argues that poetic, narrative, and musical abilities are an intrinsic part of human nature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 605g
• ISBN-13: 9781498551830
• ISBN-10: 1498551831
• Artikelnr.: 48385635

Autorenporträt

Norbert Francis is professor of bilingual/multicultural education at Northern Arizona University.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1 The verbal and musical arts across languages and cultures Part I:
Poetry 2 The cognition of stories and poems 3 In the beginning 4 Poetry
across languages and cultures Part II: Music 5 First music and second music
acquisition 6 The origin of music in art and science Part III: Narrative 7
Creationist pseudoscience in the American university 8 New opportunities
for narrative inquiry 9 Theory and creativity in literary and musical
education