03380nam 2200625Ia 450 991081024960332120200520144314.00-292-79277-810.7560/721784(CKB)2550000000010886(OCoLC)610027097(CaPaEBR)ebrary10381445(SSID)ssj0000422185(PQKBManifestationID)11315524(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422185(PQKBWorkID)10418915(PQKB)11517167(MiAaPQ)EBC3443477(MdBmJHUP)muse2423(Au-PeEL)EBL3443477(CaPaEBR)ebr10381445(DE-B1597)587472(OCoLC)1286806436(DE-B1597)9780292792777(EXLCZ)99255000000001088620090616d2010 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLiterature, analytically speaking explorations in the theory of interpretation, analytic aesthetics, and evolution /Peter Swirski1st ed.Austin University of Texas Press20101 online resource (221 p.) Cognitive approaches to literature and culture seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-292-72178-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Analytic aesthetics -- Artwork -- Work and text -- Fiction and nonfiction -- The nature of fiction -- Fictional truth -- Intention and interpretation -- Aesthetics and evolution.In a new approach to interdisciplinary literary theory, Literature, Analytically Speaking integrates literary studies with analytic aesthetics, girded by neo-Darwinian evolution. Scrutinizing narrative fiction through a lens provided by analytic philosophy, revered literary theorist Peter Swirski puts new life into literary theory while fashioning a set of practical guidelines for critics in the interpretive trenches. Dismissing critical inquirers who deny intention its key role in the study of literary reception, Swirski extends the defense of intentionality to art and to human behavior in general. In the process, Swirski takes stock of the recent work in evolutionary theory, arguing that the analysis of narrative truth may be grounded in the neo-Darwinian paradigm which forms the empirical backbone behind his analytic approach. Literature, Analytically Speaking provides a series of precepts designed to capture the ways in which we do interpret (and ought to interpret) works of literature. Reflecting a resounding shift from the poststructuralist paradigm, Swirski's lively and colorful presentation, backed up by a dazzling variety of examples and case studies, reconceptualizes the aesthetics of literature and literary studies.Cognitive approaches to literature and culture series.LiteraturePhilosophyLiteratureHistory and criticismLiteraturePhilosophy.LiteratureHistory and criticism.801Swirski Peter1963-874151MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810249603321Literature, analytically speaking4092813UNINA