Narratives and narrators : a philosophy of stories /

Gregory Currie offers a reflection on the nature and significance of narrative in human communication. He shows that narratives are devices for manifesting the intentions of their makers in stories, argues that human tendencies to imitation and to joint attention underlie the pleasure of narrative,...

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Weitere Titel:
Philosophy of stories
1. Verfasser:
Currie, Gregory
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press 2010
Oxford University Press, [2010]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Gregory Currie offers a reflection on the nature and significance of narrative in human communication. He shows that narratives are devices for manifesting the intentions of their makers in stories, argues that human tendencies to imitation and to joint attention underlie the pleasure of narrative, and discusses authorship, character, and irony.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xx, 243 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780191572739
019157273X
9786612699658
0-19-964528-0
0-19-157273-X
1-282-69965-2
0-19-171243-4
Schlagworte:
Discourse analysis, Narrative.
Literature > Philosophy.
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