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The Literary Animal: Evolution and the Nature of Narrative (Rethinking Theory)by Jonathan Gottschall
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In recent years, articles in major periodicals from the New York Times Magazine to the Times Literary Supplement have heralded the arrival of a new school of literary studies that promises-or threatens-to profoundly shift the current paradigm. This revolutionary approach, known as Darwinian literary studies, is based on a few simple premises: evolution has produced a universal landscape of the human mind that can be scientifically mapped; these universal tendencies are reflected in the composition, reception, and interpretation of literary works; and an understanding of the evolutionary foundations of human behavior, psychology, and culture will enable literary scholars to gain powerful new perspectives on the elements, form, and nature of storytelling. The goal of this book is to overcome some of the widespread misunderstandings about the meaning of a Darwinian approach to the human mind generally, and literature specifically. The volume brings together scholars from the forefront of the new field of evolutionary literary analysis-both literary analysts who have made evolution their explanatory framework and evolutionist scientists who have taken a serious interest in literature-to show how the human propensity for literature and art can be properly framed as a true evolutionary problem. Their work is an important step toward the long-prophesied synthesis of the humanities and what Steven Pinker calls "the new sciences of human nature." Book News Annotation:Literary critics and psychologists from North America, Oceania, and
Britain debate whether evolutionary theory in any of its myriad forms
can convincingly shed light on how literature changes. The chafing
between naturalism and social constructivism is apparent in the
essays. The topics include the psychological foundations of drama as
revealed in Hamlet, evidence of special design in the
reverse-engineering of narrative, and a modest manifesto and testing
the hypotheses of feminist fairy tale studies. No index was agreed
upon.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Book News Annotation:Literary critics and psychologists from North America, Oceania, and
Britain debate whether evolutionary theory in any of its myriad forms
can convincingly shed light on how literature changes. The chafing
between naturalism and social constructivism is apparent in the
essays. The topics include the psychological foundations of drama as
revealed in Hamlet, evidence of special design in the
reverse-engineering of narrative, and a modest manifesto and testing
the hypotheses of feminist fairy tale studies. No index was agreed
upon.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) About the AuthorJonathan Gottschall has a Phd in English and teaches at St. Lawrence University. David Sloan Wilson is professor of biology and anthropology at Binghamton University. Table of ContentsCONTRIBUTORS Brian Boyd Joseph Carroll Frederick Crews Denis Dutton Dylan Evans Maryanne Fisher Robin Fox Jonathan Gottschall Ian Jobling Daniel J. Kruger Ian McEwan Daniel Nettle Marcus Nordlund Catherine Salmon Michelle Scalise Sugiyama David Sloan Wilson E. O. Wilson What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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