The literary animal : evolution and the nature of narrative /

The literary animal : evolution and the nature of narrative /

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The goal of this book is to overcome some of the widespread misunderstandings about the meaning of a Darwinian approach to the human mind generally, and literature specifically.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gottschall, Jonathan, Wilson, David Sloan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [2005]
Series:Rethinking theory.
Subjects:
Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, Pa.). > Faculty.
Literature and science.
Evolution (Biology) in literature.
Human beings in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Littérature et sciences.
Évolution (Biologie) dans la littérature.
Êtres humains dans la littérature.
Narration.
17.90 literature in relation with other areas of science and culture.
20.10 art and society: general.
Evolutionstheorie
Literaturtheorie
Literature.
Arts.
Evolution.
Human nature.
Evolution theory.
Sciences.
Literaturtheorie.
Evolutionstheorie.
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword from the scientific side / E.O. Wilson
  • Foreword from the literary side / Frederick Crews
  • Introduction : Literature
  • a last frontier in human evolutionary studies / Jonathan Gotttschall and David Sloan Wilson
  • Part I. Evolution and literary theory
  • Literature, science, and human nature / Ian McEwan
  • Evolutionary social constructivism / David Sloan Wilson
  • From Lacan to Darwin / Dylan Evans
  • What happens in Hamlet? Exploring the psychological foundations of drama / Daniel Nettle
  • Human nature and literary meaning : a theoretical model illustrated with a critique of Pride and prejudice / Joseph Carroll
  • The problem of romantic love : Shakespeare and evolutionary psychology / Marcus Nordlund
  • Male bonding in the epics and romances / Robin Fox
  • Part II. The evolutionary riddle of art
  • Evolutionary theories of art / Brian Boyd
  • Reverse-engineering narrative : evidence of special design / Michelle Scalise Sugiyama
  • Part III. Darwinian theory and scientific methods
  • Quantitative literary study : a modest manifesto and testing the hypotheses of feminist fairy tale studies / Jonathan Gottschall
  • Proper hero dads and dark hero cads : alternate mating strategies exemplified in British romantic literature / Daniel J. Kruger, Maryanne Fisher, Ian Jobling
  • Crossing the abyss : erotica and the intersection of evolutionary psychology and literary studies / Catherine Salmon
  • Afterword / Denis Dutton.