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OverviewNarratives are artefacts of a special kind: they are intentionally crafted devices which fulfil their story-telling function by manifesting the intentions of their makers. But narrative itself is too inclusive a category for much more to be said about it than this; we should focus attention instead on the vaguely defined but interesting category of things rich in narrative structure. Such devices offer significant possibilities, not merely for the representation of stories, but for the expression of point of view; they have also played an important role in the evolution of reliable communication. Narratives and narrators argues that much of the pleasure of narrative communication depends on deep-seated and early developing tendencies in human beings to imitation and to joint attention, and imitation turns out to be the key to understanding such important literary techniques as free indirect discourse and character-focused narration. The book also examines irony in narrative, with an emphasis on the idea of the expression of ironic points of view. It looks closely at the idea of character, or robust, situation-independent ways of acting and thinking, as it is represented in narrative. It asks whether scepticism about the notion of character should have us reassess the dramatic and literary tradition which places such emphasis on character. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gregory Currie (Nottingham University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.380kg ISBN: 9780199645282ISBN 10: 0199645280 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 02 February 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Analytical contents 1: Representation 2: The content of narrative 3: Two ways of looking at a narrative 4: Authors and narrators 5: Expression and imitation 6: Resistance 7: Character-focused narration 8: Irony: a pretended point of view 9: Dis-interpretation 10: Narrative and character 11: Character scepticism In Conclusion Bibliography IndexesReviews<br> Narratives and Narrators is an enjoyable book, with valuable insights to offer into both the relation between the external and internal perspectives and the expression of point of view. --Philosophy in Review<p><br> a rich study. * Adriana Boneta,Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory * Rich with examples drawn from both literature and film ... the book makes an interesting and important contribution not only to our understanding of the nature of narratives but also to the nature of our engagement with them. * Amy Kind, The Philosophical Quarterly * `Review from previous edition abounds in analyses and arguments ' Times Literary Supplement `an ambitious, careful, and philosophically rich work containing a number of novel and important arguments ... The book has many virtues, and the greatest of them might be that it opens up new areas for exploration in the philosophic study of narrative ' Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews `The book is ambitious in its topics and contains fresh approaches to various traditional problems ... full of thought-provoking arguments and intriguing proposals.' Jukka Mikkonen, Mind Author InformationGregory Currie is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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