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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460823703321

Titolo

How to make believe : the fictional truths of the representational arts / / edited by J. Alexander Bareis and Lene Nordrum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-11-043572-1

3-11-044387-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Narratologia, , 1612-8427 ; ; Volume 49

Classificazione

EC 1960

Disciplina

808.036

Soggetti

Narration (Rhetoric)

Imagination in literature

Discourse analysis, Narrative

Fiction - Technique

Truth in literature

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Section 1 - Theory -- The Concept of Literary Realism / Olsen, Stein Haugom -- Thought, Make-Believe and the Opacity of Narrative / Lamarque, Peter -- Narrative per se and Narratability / Hamilton, James R. -- Section 2 - Literature and Film -- Distance in Fiction / Klauk, Tobias / Köppe, Tilmann -- Narration, Representation, Memoir, Truth, and Lies / Worth, Sarah E. -- Truth in Fiction / Bunia, Remigius -- Destabilizing Reality / Newman, Ira -- The Place for External Considerations in Reading Literary Fiction / Mikkonen, Jukka -- Fictional Truth, Principles of Generation, and Interpretation / Bareis, J. Alexander -- Deixis in Literary and Film Fiction / Slugan, Mario -- Metalepsis and Participation in Games of Make-Believe / Lutas, Liviu -- 'I grieve' as Make-Believe / Klimek, Sonja -- Section 3 - Theatre and Music -- Fictionality and Make-Believe in Drama, Theatre and Opera / Zipfel, Frank -- Making Meaning in the Theatre: Double Noesis / DeCoursey, Matthew --



Impurely Musical Make-Believe / Guter, Eran / Guter, Inbal -- Section 4 - Games -- Make-Believe Wickedness vs. Wicked Making-Believe / Dadlez, E. M. -- Agency and Volition in Make-Believe Worlds / D'Cruz, Jason -- Prop Perspective and the Aesthetics of Play / Bateman, Chris -- Index -- Contact Addresses

Sommario/riassunto

A major question in studies of aesthetic expression is how we can understand and explain similarities and differences among different forms of representation. In the current volume, this question is addressed through the lens of make-believe theory, a philosophical theory broadly introduced by two seminal works - Kendall Walton's Mimesis as Make-Believe and Gregory Currie's The Nature of Fiction, both published 1990. Since then, make-believe theory has become central in the philosophical discussion of representation. As a first of its kind, the current volume comprises 17 detailed studies of highly different forms of representation, such as novels, plays, TV-series, role games, computer games, lamentation poetry and memoirs. The collection contributes to establishing make-believe theory as a powerful theoretical tool for a wide array of studies traditionally falling under the humanities umbrella.