Fiction and narrative
Matravers, DerekAuthor
Matravers,Derek
Do fictions depend upon imagination? Derek Matravers argues against the mainstream view that they do, and offers an original account of what it is to read, listen to, or watch a narrative. He downgrades the divide between fiction and non-fiction, largely dispenses with the imagination, and in doing so illuminates a succession of related issues.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Do fictions depend upon imagination? Derek Matravers argues against the mainstream view that they do, and offers an original account of what it is to read, listen to, or watch a narrative. He downgrades the divide between fiction and non-fiction, largely dispenses with the imagination, and in doing so illuminates a succession of related issues.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 29, 2014).
Introduction -- Walton on fiction -- Fiction and the imagination -- The real distinction -- Understanding narratives -- Engaging with narratives -- Narrative and belief -- The (so-called) 'paradox of fiction' -- Narrators, impossible fictions, and the 'fictionality puzzle' -- Coda: Film.
Discourse analysis, Narrative
Fiction
Imagination (Philosophy)
Languages & Literatures
Philology & Linguistics