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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457013503321

Autore

Currie Gregory

Titolo

Narratives and narrators [[electronic resource] ] : a philosophy of stories / / Gregory Currie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-19-964528-0

1-282-69965-2

9786612699658

0-19-157273-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

809.923

Soggetti

Discourse analysis, Narrative

Literature - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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; 12. In Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Narratives are artefacts of a special kind: they are intentionally crafted devices which fulfill 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