Music, Mind, and Language in Chinese Poetry and Performance: The Voice Extended

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Casey Schoenberger (Lecturer in Transnational Asian Studies, Lecturer in Transnational Asian Studies, Rice University)

Music, Mind, and Language in Chinese Poetry and Performance

The Voice Extended

Casey Schoenberger (Lecturer in Transnational Asian Studies, Lecturer in Transnational Asian Studies, Rice University)

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Oxford University Press
06 June 2024

Non-Western music: traditional & "classical"; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Cognitivism, cognitive theory

Series: Global Asias

"""Poetry puts intent into words; singing lengthens words""--this is one of the earliest Chinese comments on artistic expression. Poetic language extends the reach of a sentiment beyond the individual, and musicality extends the reach of poetic language, not only across a room, but across geography and generations. The ""extended mind thesis"" (EMT) views minds as extending beyond individual nervous systems to include material and social environments. Music, Mind, and Language in Chinese Poetry and Performance: The Voice Extended offers a comprehensive overview of the interwoven histories of traditional Chinese poetry and performing arts. It employs cognitive and quantitative methods such as EMT, and a database of over six thousand traditional melodies, to describe cyclical, continuous interactions between social minds and material artifacts. From the ancient Canon of Poetry to the song-lyrics (ci) of the late medieval period and the dramatic arias of Kun and Beijing operas, Casey Schoenberger introduces the rhythms, melodies, pronunciation, and grammatical stylistics of the major Chinese verse and performance traditions. In doing so, he gleans insights from cognitive neuroscience, digital humanities, musicology, and linguistics to explain not only the trajectory of Chinese arts, but also bigger phenomena, like vernacularisation and improvisation."

By: Casey Schoenberger (Lecturer in Transnational Asian Studies Lecturer in Transnational Asian Studies Rice University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 616g
ISBN: 9780198886211
ISBN 10: 0198886217
Series: Global Asias
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 06 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Casey Schoenberger completed a PhD in Chinese literature at Yale University in 2013. His research focuses on cognitive, comparative, digital, musicological, and linguistic approaches to East Asian literature and performing arts. He served for five years as Assistant Professor of Chinese Culture at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he taught beginning and advanced courses for undergraduate and graduate students in English and in Mandarin. He is currently a lecturer in Rice University's Department of Transnational Asian Studies, where he teaches courses on East Asian literature and performing arts in a global context.