Narrative Gravity
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Narrative Gravity
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Author : Rukmini Bhaya Nair
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-06
Narrative Gravity written by Rukmini Bhaya Nair and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In this elegantly written and theoretically sophisticated work, Rukmini Bhaya Nair asks why human beings across the world are such compulsive and inventive storytellers. Extending current research in cognitive science and narratology, she argues that we seem to have a genetic drive to fabricate as a way of gaining the competitive advantages such fictions give us. She suggests that stories are a means of fusing causal and logical explanations of 'real' events with emotional recognition, so that the lessons taught to us as children, and then throughout our lives via stories, lay the cornerstones of our most crucial beliefs. Nair's conclusion is that our stories really do make us up, just as much as we make up our stories.
Mimesis And The Human Animal
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Author : Robert Storey
language : en
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Release Date : 1996-12-16
Mimesis And The Human Animal written by Robert Storey and has been published by Northwestern University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-12-16 with Literary Collections categories.
In Mimesis and the Human Animal, Robert Storey argues that human culture derives from human biology and that literary representation therefore must have a biological basis. As he ponders the question "What does it mean to say that art imitates life?" he must consider both "What is life?" and "What is art?" A unique approach to the subject of mimesis, Storey's book goes beyond the politicizing of literature grounded in literary theory to develop a scientific basis for the creation of literature and art.
Religious Narrative Cognition And Culture
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Author : Armin W. Geertz
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-10-20
Religious Narrative Cognition And Culture written by Armin W. Geertz and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-20 with Religion categories.
'Religious Narrative, Cognition and Culture' brings together some of the world's leading scholars in the fields of cognitive science and comparative religion. The essays range across diverse fields: the neurological processes and possible genetic foundations of how language emerged; the possible phylogenetic routes in the development of language and culture; the complex interrelations between the ontogenesis and the sociogenesis of cognitive processes; the value of a combination of neurology, narratology and a reworked speech-act approach that focuses on narrative; how the psychology of ritual helps make narrative beliefs possible; religious narratives; emotional communication; the role of gossip as religious narrative; area studies of religious narrative and cognition in the Bible; Indian Epic literature; Australian Aboriginal mythology and ritual; modern religious forms such as New Age, Asatro, astrological narrative and virtual rituals in cyberspace.
Routledge Encyclopedia Of Narrative Theory
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Author : David Herman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-06-10
Routledge Encyclopedia Of Narrative Theory written by David Herman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-10 with Literary Criticism categories.
The past several decades have seen an explosion of interest in narrative, with this multifaceted object of inquiry becoming a central concern in a wide range of disciplinary fields and research contexts. As accounts of what happened to particular people in particular circumstances and with specific consequences, stories have come to be viewed as a basic human strategy for coming to terms with time, process, and change. However, the very predominance of narrative as a focus of interest across multiple disciplines makes it imperative for scholars, teachers, and students to have access to a comprehensive reference resource.
Contemporary Comics Storytelling
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Author : Karin Kukkonen
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2020-02-17
Contemporary Comics Storytelling written by Karin Kukkonen and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
What if fairy-tale characters lived in New York City? What if a superhero knew he was a fictional character? What if you could dispense your own justice with one hundred untraceable bullets? These are the questions asked and answered in the course of the challenging storytelling in Fables, Tom Strong, and 100 Bullets, the three twenty-first-century comics series that Karin Kukkonen considers in depth in her exploration of how and why the storytelling in comics is more than merely entertaining. Applying a cognitive approach to reading comics in all their narrative richness and intricacy, Contemporary Comics Storytelling opens an intriguing perspective on how these works engage the legacy of postmodernism--its subversion, self-reflexivity, and moral contingency. Its three case studies trace how contemporary comics tie into deep traditions of visual and verbal storytelling, how they reevaluate their own status as fiction, and how the fictional minds of their characters generate complex ethical thought experiments. At a time when the medium is taken more and more seriously as intricate and compelling literary art, this book lays the groundwork for an analysis of the ways in which comics challenge and engage readers' minds. It brings together comics studies with narratology and literary criticism and, in so doing, provides a new set of tools for evaluating the graphic novel as an emergent literary form.
Narrative Identity
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Author : Pierluca Birindelli
language : en
Publisher: FrancoAngeli
Release Date : 2023-02-01T00:00:00+01:00
Narrative Identity written by Pierluca Birindelli and has been published by FrancoAngeli this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-01T00:00:00+01:00 with Social Science categories.
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Mindmelding
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Author : William Hirstein
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-01-26
Mindmelding written by William Hirstein and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-26 with Medical categories.
In this important and controversial new book, William Hirstein argues that it is possible for one person to directly experience the conscious states of another, by way of what he calls mindmelding. Drawing on a range of research from neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, he presents a highly original new account of consciousness.
Sacrifice As A Narrative Strategy In May Sinclair Mary Butts And H D
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Author : Sanna Melin Schyllert
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-11-01
Sacrifice As A Narrative Strategy In May Sinclair Mary Butts And H D written by Sanna Melin Schyllert and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-01 with Fiction categories.
This book explores sacrifice as a narrative theme and a stylistic strategy in works by May Sinclair, Mary Butts and H. D. It argues that the modernist experiment with pronoun use informs the treatment of acts of sacrifice in the texts, understood both as acts of self-renunciation and as ritual performance. It also suggests that sacrifice, if the conditions are right, can serve as the structure upon which a cohesive community might be built. The book offers in-depth analyses of the three authors and their works, deftly dissecting the modernist narrative experiment to show that it was by no means limited — it was a means by which to approach a wide range of stories and materials.
Theory Of Mind And Science Fiction
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Author : N. Pagan
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-01-06
Theory Of Mind And Science Fiction written by N. Pagan and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
Theory of Mind and Science Fiction shows how theory of mind provides an exciting 'new' way to think about science fiction and, conversely, how science fiction sheds light not only on theory of mind but also empathy, morality, and the nature of our humanity.
Beyond Narrative Coherence
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Author : Matti Hyvärinen
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Beyond Narrative Coherence written by Matti Hyvärinen and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
"Beyond Narrative Coherence" reconsiders the way we understand and work with narratives. Even though narrators tend to strive for coherence, they also add complexity, challenge canonical scripts, and survey lives by telling highly perplexing and contradictory stories. Many narratives remain incomplete, ambiguous, and contradictory. Obvious coherence cannot be the sole moral standard, the only perspective of reading, or the criterion for selecting and discarding research material. "Beyond Narrative Coherence" addresses the limits and aspects of narrative (dis)cohering by offering a rich theoretical and historical background to the debate. Limits of narrative coherence are discussed from the perspective of three fields of life that often threaten the coherence of narrative: illness, arts, and traumatic political experience. The authors of the book cover a wide range of disciplines such as psychology, sociology, arts studies, political science and philosophy.