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Literature, Analytically Speaking

Author : Peter Swirski
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292721781
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Literature, Analytically Speaking written by Peter Swirski and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a new approach to interdisciplinary literary theory, Literature, Analytically Speaking integrates literary studies with analytic aesthetics, girded by neo-Darwinian evolution. Scrutinizing narrative fiction through a lens provided by analytic philosophy, revered literary theorist Peter Swirski puts new life into literary theory while fashioning a set of practical guidelines for critics in the interpretive trenches. Dismissing critical inquirers who deny intention its key role in the study of literary reception, Swirski extends the defense of intentionality to art and to human behavior in general. In the process, Swirski takes stock of the recent work in evolutionary theory, arguing that the analysis of narrative truth may be grounded in the neo-Darwinian paradigm which forms the empirical backbone behind his analytic approach. Literature, Analytically Speaking provides a series of revolutionary precepts designed to capture the ways in which we do interpret (and ought to interpret) works of literature. Reflecting a resounding shift from the poststructuralist paradigm, Swirski’s lively and colorful presentation, backed up by a dazzling variety of examples and case studies, reconceptualizes the aesthetics of literature and literary studies.

Literature, Analytically Speaking

Author : Peter Swirski
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292773544
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Literature, Analytically Speaking written by Peter Swirski and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a new approach to interdisciplinary literary theory, Literature, Analytically Speaking integrates literary studies with analytic aesthetics, girded by neo-Darwinian evolution. Scrutinizing narrative fiction through a lens provided by analytic philosophy, revered literary theorist Peter Swirski puts new life into literary theory while fashioning a set of practical guidelines for critics in the interpretive trenches. Dismissing critical inquirers who deny intention its key role in the study of literary reception, Swirski extends the defense of intentionality to art and to human behavior in general. In the process, Swirski takes stock of the recent work in evolutionary theory, arguing that the analysis of narrative truth may be grounded in the neo-Darwinian paradigm which forms the empirical backbone behind his analytic approach. Literature, Analytically Speaking provides a series of precepts designed to capture the ways in which we do interpret (and ought to interpret) works of literature. Reflecting a resounding shift from the poststructuralist paradigm, Swirski's lively and colorful presentation, backed up by a dazzling variety of examples and case studies, reconceptualizes the aesthetics of literature and literary studies.

Literary Studies and the Philosophy of Literature

Author : Andrea Selleri
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319331477
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

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Download or read book Literary Studies and the Philosophy of Literature written by Andrea Selleri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the interaction between literary studies and the philosophy of literature. It features essays from internationally renowned and emerging philosophers and literary scholars, challenging readers to join them in taking seriously the notion of interdisciplinary study and forging forward in new and exciting directions of thought. It identifies that literary studies and the philosophy of literature address similar issues: What is literature? What is its value? Why do I care about characters? What is the role of the author in understanding a literary work? What is fiction as opposed to non-fiction? Yet, genuine, interdisciplinary interaction remains scarce. This collection seeks to overcome current obstacles and seek out new paths for exploration.

Appreciating the Art of Television

Author : Ted Nannicelli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317555562
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Appreciating the Art of Television written by Ted Nannicelli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary television has been marked by such exceptional programming that it is now common to hear claims that TV has finally become an art. In Appreciating the Art of Television, Nannicelli contends that televisual art is not a recent development, but has in fact existed for a long time. Yet despite the flourishing of two relevant academic subfields—the philosophy of film and television aesthetics—there is little scholarship on television, in general, as an art form. This book aims to provide scholars active in television aesthetics with a critical overview of the relevant philosophical literature, while also giving philosophers of film a particular account of the art of television that will hopefully spur further interest and debate. It offers the first sustained theoretical examination of what is involved in appreciating television as an art and how this bears on the practical business of television scholars, critics, students, and fans—namely the comprehension, interpretation, and evaluation of specific televisual artworks.

Game Theory and Postwar American Literature

Author : Michael Wainwright
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137601337
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (376 download)

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Download or read book Game Theory and Postwar American Literature written by Michael Wainwright and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If game theory, the mathematical simulation of rational decision-making first axiomatically established by the Hungarian-born American mathematician John von Neumann, is to prove worthy of literary hermeneutics, then critics must be able to apply its models to texts written without a working knowledge of von Neumann's discipline in mind. Reading such iconic novels as Fahrenheit 451, In Cold Blood, and Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye from the perspective of the four most frequently encountered coordination problems - the Stag Hunt, the Prisoner's Dilemma, Chicken, and Deadlock, Game Theory and Postwar American Literature illustrates the significant contribution of mathematical models to literary interpretation. The interdisciplinary approach of this book contributes to an understanding of the historical, political, and social contexts that surround the texts produced in the post-Cold War years, as well as providing a comprehensive model of joining game theory and literary criticism.

Game Theory and Minorities in American Literature

Author : Michael Wainwright
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137588225
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Game Theory and Minorities in American Literature written by Michael Wainwright and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary monograph applies the theory of games of strategy (or game theory) to an important subset of American literature: minoritarian texts. Fittingly, John von Neumann's game theory, as a mathematical subdiscipline practically abandoned by its founder after the publication of 'Zur Theorie der Gesellschaftsspiele' (1928), but purposefully reengaged with on his permanent relocation to America in 1938, carries the minoritarian credentials of a Hungarian-born national of Jewish descent. The state of international politics in the late 1930s certainly contributed to von Neumann's renewed interest in his theory, but a socioeconomic environment built on the legacy of slavery focused a reengagement with coordination problems that would last until his death. In these strategic situations, people must make choices in the knowledge that other people face the same options and that the outcome for each person will result from everybody's decisions. The four most frequently encountered coordination problems are the Stag Hunt, the Prisoner's Dilemma, Chicken, and Deadlock Minoritarians find majoritarian attempts to control these social dilemmas particularly challenging. Hence, a game-theoretically inflected hermeneutic that identifies the logical, rational, and strategic state of human interrelations not only helps to categorize, but also to analyze minoritarian texts. The authors under detailed consideration are Benjamin Franklin, Frederick Douglass, Harriet A. Jacobs, Zora Neale Hurston, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, and Mohsin Hamid.

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Literature

Author : Noël Carroll
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317484363
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Literature written by Noël Carroll and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-07 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Literature is an in-depth examination of literature through a philosophical lens, written by distinguished figures across the major divisions of philosophy. Its 40 newly-commissioned essays are divided into six sections: historical foundations what is literature? aesthetics & appreciation meaning & interpretation metaphysics & epistemology ethics & political theory The Companion opens with a comprehensive historical overview of the philosophy of literature, including chapters on the study’s ancient origins up to the 18th-20th centuries. The second part defines literature and its different categories. The third part covers the aesthetics of literature. The fourth and fifth sections discuss the meaning and consequences of philosophical interpretation of literature, as well as epistemological and metaphysical issues such as literary cognitivism and imaginative resistance. The sixth section contextualizes the place of philosophy of literature in the "real world" with essays on topics such as morality, politics, race and gender. Fully indexed, with helpful further reading sections at the end of each chapter, this Companion is an ideal starting point for those coming to philosophy of literature for the first time as well as a valuable reference for readers more familiar with the subject.

From Mind to Text

Author : Bartosz Stopel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351376330
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book From Mind to Text written by Bartosz Stopel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Mind to Text: Continuities and Breaks Between Cognitive, Aesthetic and Textualist Approaches to Literature explores the historical context of theory formation and of its contemporary status, including an overview of debates about theory’s role in literary studies provided both by representatives of theory itself, as well as by those who distance themselves from it.

Kantian Dignity and Trolley Problems in the Literature of Richard Wright

Author : Michael Wainwright
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031402162
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Kantian Dignity and Trolley Problems in the Literature of Richard Wright written by Michael Wainwright and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-10-27 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the literature of African-American author Richard Wright and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, arguing that Wright was not only the foremost proponent of minoritarian protest literature, but also a groundbreaking minoritarian exponent of philosophical literature. In presenting this argument, the volume defends trolley problems from the criticism that some philosophers level against them by promoting their use as an interpretive tool for literary scholars. Starting with Martha C. Nussbaum’s interventions in literary theory concerning Henry James and perceptive equilibrium, this book draws on the philosophical thoughts of her contemporaries—Philippa Foot, John Rawls, Judith Jarvis Thomson, and Derek Parfit—to analyze Uncle Tom’s Children, especially “Down by the Riverside,” alongside other works by Wright. This approach emphasizes Wright’s recognition of the importance and integrity of Kant’s concept of dignity.

Reading Human Nature

Author : Joseph Carroll
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 143843524X
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Reading Human Nature written by Joseph Carroll and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the founder and leading practitioner of "literary Darwinism," Joseph Carroll remains at the forefront of a major movement in literary studies. Signaling key new developments in this approach, Reading Human Nature contains trenchant theoretical essays, innovative empirical research, sweeping surveys of intellectual history, and sophisticated interpretations of specific literary works, including The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wuthering Heights, The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Hamlet. Evolutionists in the social sciences have succeeded in delineating basic motives but have given far too little attention to the imagination. Carroll makes a compelling case that literary Darwinism is not just another "school" or movement in literary theory. It is the moving force in a fundamental paradigm change in the humanities—a revolution. Psychologists and anthropologists have provided massive evidence that human motives and emotions are rooted in human biology. Since motives and emotions enter into all the products of a human imagination, humanists now urgently need to assimilate a modern scientific understanding of "human nature." Integrating evolutionary social science with literary humanism, Carroll offers a more complete and adequate understanding of human nature.

Talks on the study of literature

Author : Arlo Bates
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Talks on the study of literature written by Arlo Bates and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talks on the study of literature is a series of lectures by Arlo Bates. Bates was an American author, educator and newspaperman. Excerpt: "We are all intensely eager to know what are the possibilities of humanity. We seek knowledge of them as an heir questions searchingly concerning the extent of the inheritance which has fallen to him. Literature is the inventory of the heritage of humanity. Life is but a succession of emotions; and the earnest mind burns with desire to learn what emotions are within its possibilities. The discoverer of an unsuspected capability of receiving delight, the realization of an unknown sensation, even of pain, increases by so much the extent of the possessions of the human being to whom he imparts it."

Writing Analytically

Author : David Rosenwasser
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 884 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Writing Analytically written by David Rosenwasser and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular, brief rhetoric that treats writing as thinking, WRITING ANALYTICALLY offers a sequence of specific prompts that teach students across the curriculum how the process of analysis and synthesis is a vehicle for original and well-developed ideas.

Speaking of Literature and Society

Author : Lionel Trilling
Publisher : New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c[1980]
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Speaking of Literature and Society written by Lionel Trilling and published by New York : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c[1980]. This book was released on 1980 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifty-nine previously uncollected short essays and reviews in this book span the writer's entire career. The chronological arrangement here shows that Trilling continually returned to the subjects of Marxism, modernism and religious and social identity. The twelfth and final volume in the uniform edition is framed with two personal reminiscenes by the editor.

Introduction to Literary Analysis

Author : Louis Hébert
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000589706
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Literary Analysis written by Louis Hébert and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a complete guide to analyzing literary works, from an introduction of basic principles to the finer details. Separated into three sections, the book covers: • Principles—this looks at what literary analysis is, its three main components, and the various possible objects of analysis. • Main components—introduces nearly 30 aspects of text analysis, such as style, themes, social aspects, and context, and then goes on to introduce nearly 50 approaches, such as literary history, ecocriticism, narratology, and sociology. • The process of analysis—details the general structure of the analytical text, the structure of a pedagogical essay, the analysis of a theoretical element, possible “plans” for the analytical text, methods of argumentation, statements of opinion, hypotheses, the structure of paragraphs, and the use of citations. This book is a synthesis of established scholarship with new, original insights, making it an ideal introduction to the study of literature as well as a valuable companion throughout further study.

On Literary Theory and Philosophy

Author : Richard Freadman
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349216135
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book On Literary Theory and Philosophy written by Richard Freadman and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-10-10 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The principle aim of this book is to explore the relationship between contemporary literary theory and analytic philosophy. The volume addresses this issue in two ways: first, through four exchanges between, on the one hand, proponents of avant-garde literary theory and, on the other, proponents of analytic philosophy (or of related literary critical positions); and second, through three cross-disciplinary essays on the relationship in question. Central topics in the volume include Self, Ethics, Interpretation, Language and characterisations of 'analytic' and 'continental' philosophy.

People Skills for Analytical Thinkers

Author : Gilbert Eijkelenboom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789090336985
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book People Skills for Analytical Thinkers written by Gilbert Eijkelenboom and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your analytical skills are incredibly valuable. However, rational thinking alone isn't enough. Have you ever: Presented an idea, but then no one seemed to care? Explained your analysis, only to leave your colleague confused? Struggled to work with people who are less analytical and more emotional? In such situations, people skills make the difference. And that's what this book focuses on: boosting your communication skills as an analytical thinker. Research shows people skills are becoming increasingly important in the workplace, so start learning today. Filled with academic insights, exercises, and stories, this book will change your career. What you will learn Having fun and productive interactions, even with people who don't have an analytical personality Boost your confidence and increase your empathy Learn how to deal with small-talk you don't enjoy Advance your communication skills and build relationships (th)at work Become incredibly persuasive by avoiding the single mistake that almost everyone makes

The Event of Literature

Author : Terry Eagleton
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300182597
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Event of Literature written by Terry Eagleton and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this characteristically concise, witty, and lucid book, Terry Eagleton turns his attention to the questions we should ask about literature, but rarely do. What is literature? Can we even speak of "literature" at all? What do different literary theories tell us about what texts mean and do? In throwing new light on these and other questions he has raised in previous best-sellers, Eagleton offers a new theory of what we mean by literature. He also shows what it is that a great many different literary theories have in common. In a highly unusual combination of critical theory and analytic philosophy, the author sees all literary work, from novels to poems, as a strategy to contain a reality that seeks to thwart that containment, and in doing so throws up new problems that the work tries to resolve. The "event" of literature, Eagleton argues, consists in this continual transformative encounter, unique and endlessly repeatable. Freewheeling through centuries of critical ideas, he sheds light on the place of literature in our culture, and in doing so reaffirms the value and validity of literary thought today.