ISBN: 9780199282609

Narratives 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 i… More...

Narratives 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 attentioninstead 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 reliablecommunication. 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 asfree 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 representedin 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. | Narratives and Narrators by Gregory Currie Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Philosophy P10105, Gregory Currie<

ISBN: 9780199282609

Hardback, [PU: Oxford University Press], Gregory Currie offers a reflection on the nature and significance of narrative in human communication. He shows that narratives are devices for ma… More...

Hardback, [PU: Oxford University Press], 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., Philosophy: Aesthetics<

ISBN: 9780199282609

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 … More...

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. Language Arts & Disciplines Language Arts & Disciplines eBook, OUP Oxford<

ISBN: 9780199282609

Narratives and Narrators: A Philosophy of Stories Narratives-and-Narrators~~Gregory-Currie Philosophy>Linguistics>Linguistics Hardcover, Oxford University Press