Unraveling the Cognitive Realm: Analyzing Knowledge and Literature through Cognitive Criticism

Abstract

Cognitive criticism seeks to uncover the underlying cognitive mechanisms that shape the literary experience, including perception, memory, knowledge, attention, and language processing. To get insights into how authors employ various sources to construct their narratives, the study aims to conduct a cognitive criticism analysis of a selected story in the story collection of "Antichrist" novel from the perspective of examining different sources of knowledge portrayed in the narrative. With the goal of understanding the author's writing mechanism and determining the most prominently utilized source of knowledge. The analysis findings indicate that the author heavily employs sensory elements, with diverse connotations. However, other types of knowledge play a lesser role in the story, as the narrative is fueled by imagination and veers away from logical reasoning.