ISBN:
9783110268683
,
311026868X
Language:
English
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German
Pages:
Online Ressource (vii, 402 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Spectrum Literaturwissenschaft Spectrum Literature 1860-210X 26
Series Statement:
Spectrum Literaturwissenschaft 26
Series Statement:
Spectrum Literature
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Telling stories
DDC:
808.036
Keywords:
Storytelling
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Literature and science
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Human evolution in literature
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Composition & Creative Writing
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Rhetoric
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REFERENCE ; Writing Skills
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Human evolution in literature
;
Literature and science
;
Storytelling
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Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift 2009
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Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
Evolution and Literature. Preface; Evolution und Literatur. Vorbemerkungen; I. Theoretical Approaches / Theoretische Ansätze; How Can Evolutionary Biology Enrich the Study of Literature?; Is Storytelling a Biological Adaptation? Preliminary Thoughts on How to Pose that Question; The Adaptive Function of the Arts. Alternative Evolutionary Hypotheses; Evolution and Literary Response; Storytelling from the Perspective of Evolutionary Theory; The Unlovely Little Sister. Storytelling as an Exaptive Phenomenon; Evolution des Kognitiven. Nervenzellen, Sprache und kulturelle Adaptationen
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references. - Text in English and German
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