Telling Stories / Geschichten erzählen
Literature and Evolution / Literatur und Evolution
Ed. by Gansel, Carsten / Vanderbeke, Dirk
Series:spectrum Literaturwissenschaft / spectrum Literature 26
Aims and Scope
The essays collected in this volume highlight the narrative as a phenomenon inherent in human nature. They examine the likely purpose of artistic and literary expression and its contribution to survival in an early human environment. They also consider the developing interest in shaping experience through the narrative, and investigate the consequent significance of traits acquired throughout the ages for the production and reception of texts. In doing so, the book provides a highly diverse overview of the latest research and debates in this innovative field of research.
Supplementary Information
- 23 x 15.5 cm
- vii, 402 pages
- Language:
- English, German
- Type of Publication:
- Collection
- Keywords:
- Evolution and Literature; Adaptation; Narration; Darwinism
- Subjects
- Literary Studies > Literary Studies, General
- Literary Studies > Literary Theory
- Literary Studies > Literary Studies, General
- Literary Studies > Literary Theory
- Literary Studies > Literary Studies, General
- Literary Studies > Literary Theory
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