03419nam 2200697Ia 450 991082891610332120240416202625.00-7735-4038-51-283-62086-397866139333170-7735-8721-710.1515/9780773587212(CKB)3360000000435494(EBL)3332501(SSID)ssj0000803295(PQKBManifestationID)11464871(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000803295(PQKBWorkID)10805039(PQKB)10177496(CEL)444355(OCoLC)815471518(CaBNVSL)slc00230807(Au-PeEL)EBL3332501(CaPaEBR)ebr10605523(CaONFJC)MIL393331(OCoLC)923238113(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/7492ds(MiAaPQ)EBC3332501(DE-B1597)656056(DE-B1597)9780773587212(EXLCZ)99336000000043549420120305d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmpty revelations an essay on talk about, and attitudes toward fiction /Peter Alward1st ed.Montreal McGill-Queen's University Press20121 online resource (216 p.)Includes bibliographical references and index.Part one : Two Authors and Readers - Negative --1 Compositional Speech Acts -- 2 Reader Engagement -- Part Two : Authors and Readers - Positive -- 3 Word-Sculpture -- 4 Narrative Informants - Part Three : Fictional Names and Fictional Talk -- 5 Empty Revelations -- 6 Fictional Discourse - Conclusion.What mysteries lie at the heart of fiction's power to enchant and engage the mind? Empty Revelations considers a number of philosophical problems that fiction raises, including the primary issue of how we can think and talk about things that do not exist. Peter Alward covers thought-provoking terrain, exploring fictional truth, the experience of being "caught up" in a story, and the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction. At the centre of Alward's argument is a figure known as the "narrative informant" who mediates the reader's encounter with fictional events through - sometimes unreliable - reporting. Developing a theory in which the author is a sculptor who constructs works of fiction out of words, Alward demonstrates that much of the confusion about fiction stems from a failure to properly distinguish between writing fiction and telling stories. Combining clarity, philosophical sophistication, ingenuity, and originality, Empty Revelations is a rewarding read for both scholars of philosophy and anyone interested in the complex ways that fiction works.Discourse analysis, NarrativeDiscourse analysis, LiteraryFictionTechniqueFictionHistory and criticismDiscourse analysis, Narrative.Discourse analysis, Literary.FictionTechnique.FictionHistory and criticism.808.301/41Alward Peter Wallace1964-1608921MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828916103321Empty revelations3935911UNINA