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How to Make Believe : The Fictional Truths of the Representational Arts / ed. by J. Alexander Bareis, Lene Nordrum.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Narratologia : Contributions to Narrative Theory ; 49Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (362 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110441536
  • 9783110435726
  • 9783110443875
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 800
LOC classification:
  • PN3383.N35H69 2015
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Section 1 – Theory -- The Concept of Literary Realism -- Thought, Make-Believe and the Opacity of Narrative -- Narrative per se and Narratability -- Section 2 – Literature and Film -- Distance in Fiction -- Narration, Representation, Memoir, Truth, and Lies -- Truth in Fiction -- Destabilizing Reality -- The Place for External Considerations in Reading Literary Fiction -- Fictional Truth, Principles of Generation, and Interpretation -- Deixis in Literary and Film Fiction -- Metalepsis and Participation in Games of Make-Believe -- ‘I grieve’ as Make-Believe -- Section 3 – Theatre and Music -- Fictionality and Make-Believe in Drama, Theatre and Opera -- Making Meaning in the Theatre: Double Noesis -- Impurely Musical Make-Believe -- Section 4 – Games -- Make-Believe Wickedness vs. Wicked Making-Believe -- Agency and Volition in Make-Believe Worlds -- Prop Perspective and the Aesthetics of Play -- Index -- Contact Addresses
Summary: A major question in studies of aesthetic expression is how we can understand and explain similarities and differences among different forms of representation. In the current volume, this question is addressed through the lens of make-believe theory, a philosophical theory broadly introduced by two seminal works – Kendall Walton’s Mimesis as Make-Believe and Gregory Currie's The Nature of Fiction, both published 1990. Since then, make-believe theory has become central in the philosphical discussion of representation. As a first of its kind, the current volume comprises 17 detailed studies of highly different forms of representation, such as novels, plays, TV-series, role games, computer games, lamentation poetry and memoirs. The collection contributes to establishing make-believe theory as a powerful theoretical tool for a wide array of studies traditionally falling under the humanities umbrella.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Section 1 – Theory -- The Concept of Literary Realism -- Thought, Make-Believe and the Opacity of Narrative -- Narrative per se and Narratability -- Section 2 – Literature and Film -- Distance in Fiction -- Narration, Representation, Memoir, Truth, and Lies -- Truth in Fiction -- Destabilizing Reality -- The Place for External Considerations in Reading Literary Fiction -- Fictional Truth, Principles of Generation, and Interpretation -- Deixis in Literary and Film Fiction -- Metalepsis and Participation in Games of Make-Believe -- ‘I grieve’ as Make-Believe -- Section 3 – Theatre and Music -- Fictionality and Make-Believe in Drama, Theatre and Opera -- Making Meaning in the Theatre: Double Noesis -- Impurely Musical Make-Believe -- Section 4 – Games -- Make-Believe Wickedness vs. Wicked Making-Believe -- Agency and Volition in Make-Believe Worlds -- Prop Perspective and the Aesthetics of Play -- Index -- Contact Addresses

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A major question in studies of aesthetic expression is how we can understand and explain similarities and differences among different forms of representation. In the current volume, this question is addressed through the lens of make-believe theory, a philosophical theory broadly introduced by two seminal works – Kendall Walton’s Mimesis as Make-Believe and Gregory Currie's The Nature of Fiction, both published 1990. Since then, make-believe theory has become central in the philosphical discussion of representation. As a first of its kind, the current volume comprises 17 detailed studies of highly different forms of representation, such as novels, plays, TV-series, role games, computer games, lamentation poetry and memoirs. The collection contributes to establishing make-believe theory as a powerful theoretical tool for a wide array of studies traditionally falling under the humanities umbrella.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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