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Fictional Minds (Frontiers of Narrative)

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Fictional Minds (Frontiers of Narrative)

Fictional Minds suggests that readers understand novels primarily by following the functioning of the minds of characters in the novel storyworlds. Despite the importance of this aspect of the reading process, traditional narrative theory does not include a complete and coherent theory of fictional minds.
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Readers create a continuing consciousness out of scattered references to a particular character and read this consciousness as an â€œembedded narrativeâ€ within the whole narrative of the novel. The combination of these embedded narratives forms the plot. This perspective on narrative enables us to explore hitherto neglected aspects of fictional minds such as dispositions, emotions, and action. It also highlights the social, public, and dialogic mind and the â€œmind beyond the skin.â€ For example, much of our thought is â€œintermental,â€ or joint, group, or shared; even our identity is, to an extent, socially distributed.
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Written in a clear and accessible style, Fictional Minds analyzes constructions of charactersâ€™ minds in the fictional texts of a wide range of authors, from Aphra Behn and Henry Fielding to Evelyn Waugh and Thomas Pynchon. In its innovative and groundbreaking explorations, this interdisciplinary project also makes substantial use of â€œreal-mindâ€ disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, psycholinguistics, and cognitive science.

Country	USA
Author	Alan Palmer
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780803218352
ISBN	0803218354
Label	University of Nebraska Press
Manufacturer	University of Nebraska Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	276
PublicationDate	2008-05-01
Publisher	University of Nebraska Press
Studio	University of Nebraska Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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