LEADER 04783nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910814028103321 005 20230721013333.0 010 $a0-674-05359-1 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674053595 035 $a(CKB)2670000000040411 035 $a(OCoLC)648759744 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10402503 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000424499 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11294620 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424499 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10474571 035 $a(PQKB)11185908 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300840 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300840 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10402503 035 $a(DE-B1597)571757 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674053595 035 $a(OCoLC)1294425814 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000040411 100 $a20090227d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aOn the origin of stories$b[electronic resource] $eevolution, cognition, and fiction /$fBrian Boyd 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cBelknap Press of Harvard University Press$d2009 215 $a1 recurso en li?nea (555 páginas) 311 $a0-674-03357-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 457-507) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: animal, human, art, story -- Book 1: Evolution, art, and fiction -- Part 1: Evolution and nature -- Evolution and human nature? -- Evolution, adaptation, and adapted minds -- The evolution of intelligence -- The evolution of cooperation -- Part 2: Evolution and art -- Art as adaptation? -- Art as cognitive play -- Art and attention -- From tradition to innovation -- Part 3: Evolution and fiction -- Art, narrative, fiction -- Understanding and recalling events -- Narrative: representing events -- Fiction: inventing events -- Fiction as adaptation -- Book II: From Zeus to Seuss: origins of stories -- Part 4: Phylogeny: the Odyssey -- Earning attention (1): natural patterns: character and plot -- Earning attention (s): open-ended patterns: ironies of structure -- The evolution of intelligence (1): in the here and now -- The evolution of intelligence (2): beyond the here and now -- The evolution of cooperation (1): expanding the circle -- The evolution of cooperation (2): punishment -- Part 5: Ontogeny: Horton hears a who! -- Levels of explanation: universal, local, and individual -- Levels of explanation: individuality again -- Levels of explanation: particular -- Meanings -- Conclusion: retrospect and prospects: evolution, literature, criticism. 330 $aA century and a half after the publication of Origin of Species, evolutionary thinking has expanded beyond the field of biology to include virtually all human-related subjects?anthropology, archeology, psychology, economics, religion, morality, politics, culture, and art. Now a distinguished scholar offers the first comprehensive account of the evolutionary origins of art and storytelling. Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories, how our minds are shaped to understand them, and what difference an evolutionary understanding of human nature makes to stories we love. Art is a specifically human adaptation, Boyd argues. It offers tangible advantages for human survival, and it derives from play, itself an adaptation widespread among more intelligent animals. More particularly, our fondness for storytelling has sharpened social cognition, encouraged cooperation, and fostered creativity. After considering art as adaptation, Boyd examines Homer?s Odyssey and Dr. Seuss?s Horton Hears a Who! demonstrating how an evolutionary lens can offer new understanding and appreciation of specific works. What triggers our emotional engagement with these works? What patterns facilitate our responses? The need to hold an audience?s attention, Boyd underscores, is the fundamental problem facing all storytellers. Enduring artists arrive at solutions that appeal to cognitive universals: an insight out of step with contemporary criticism, which obscures both the individual and universal. Published for the bicentenary of Darwin?s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of Origin of Species, Boyd?s study embraces a Darwinian view of human nature and art, and offers a credo for a new humanism. 606 $aFiction$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc 606 $aFiction$xAuthorship 615 0$aFiction$xHistory and criticism$xTheory, etc. 615 0$aFiction$xAuthorship. 676 $a809.3 676 $a801.92 686 $aEC 2490$2rvk 700 $aBoyd$b Brian$f1952-$0676811 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814028103321 996 $aOn the origin of stories$94063796 997 $aUNINA