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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
The Memory Palace, Step by Step: Embodiment in Late Renaissance Italy's Memory Manuals

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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  
Quasi-sensory visualizations
키워드  
Political skills
기타저자  
Northwestern University Communication Studies
기본자료저록  
Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-06A.
전자적 위치 및 접속  
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