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The Memory Palace, Step by Step: Embodiment in Late Renaissance Italy's Memory Manuals
The Memory Palace, Step by Step: Embodiment in Late Renaissance Italy's Memory Manuals
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20250211152829
- ISBN
- 9798346856696
- DDC
- 940
- 저자명
- Delaini, Lucia.
- 서명/저자
- The Memory Palace, Step by Step: Embodiment in Late Renaissance Italys Memory Manuals
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : Northwestern University, 2024
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
- 형태사항
- 357 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-06, Section: A.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Hariman, Robert.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northwestern University, 2024.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Contrary to the common narrative that modernity disembodied rhetoric, 16th century Italian memoria-the discipline's fourth partition dealing with techniques of memorization-presented human cognition as solidly rooted in the body. Faced with the challenge of information overload brought about by the printing press, Renaissance thinkers turned to traditional Western memorization techniques, or the Memory Arts, which had been developed for oral knowledge practices. The techniques' embodied components were not erased in Renaissance Italy but instead used strategically for maximum cognitive advantage.This study examines memory manuals by six Italian authors-Della Porta, Gesualdo, Dolce, Marta, Marafioto, and Del Riccio-revealing a persistent belief in the body's crucial role in knowledge acquisition. Usually obscured by the combined influences of pre- and post-Cartesian dualisms, the Renaissance belief in embodied cognition is free to emerge in these texts, which prioritize practice over theory. These texts showcase how physical stimuli, emotions, and even unconscious reactions were employed to organize and manage memory, thought, and behavior. The embodied nature of these techniques not only facilitated the acquisition of knowledge but also shaped thought processes and moral character. This was an especially valuable skill in the participatory political landscape of Renaissance Italy, where these books circulated widely, thanks to the printing press, their use of the vernacular, and their unassuming genre.Central to these manuals is the memory palace technique, which teaches readers to convert information into vivid, quasi-sensory visualizations (imagines) mapped onto familiar spaces (loci). By mentally navigating these spaces, memorization becomes more efficient, combining unconscious acts (like navigating known loci) with conscious interpretation (analyzing imagines). The memory palace leverages two key principles, activated by the technique's quasi-physical stimuli: habituation, which eases navigation through repeated exposure; and wonder, which enhances attention through emotional engagement and surprise.These principles reflect a careful integration of classical and medieval techniques, merging their respective political and moral goals. This early modern Art of Memory had been capable of fostering both the orator's social and political skills, and the monk's self-regulatory discipline. The wide, non-erudite, urban audience of the 16th century memory manuals reoriented these practices toward social performance. So conceived, the memory palace technique expanded rhetoric's compositional tasks into citizenship training, aligning with the unique socio-political demands of Renaissance Italy.
- 일반주제명
- European history
- 일반주제명
- Italian literature
- 일반주제명
- Rhetoric
- 키워드
- Embodiment
- 키워드
- Memory arts
- 키워드
- Political skills
- 기타저자
- Northwestern University Communication Studies
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-06A.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■590 ▼aSchool code: 0163.
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