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Fiction and Narrative
Derek Matravers
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Description for Fiction and Narrative
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. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSA; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
For the past twenty years there has been a virtual consensus in philosophy that there is a special link between fiction and the imagination. In particular, fiction has been defined in terms of the imagination: what it is for something to be fictional is that there is some requirement that a reader imagine it. Derek Matravers argues that this rests on a mistake; the proffered definitions of 'the imagination' do not link it with fiction but with representations more generally. In place of the flawed consensus, he offers an account of what it is to read, listen to, or watch ... Read more
For the past twenty years there has been a virtual consensus in philosophy that there is a special link between fiction and the imagination. In particular, fiction has been defined in terms of the imagination: what it is for something to be fictional is that there is some requirement that a reader imagine it. Derek Matravers argues that this rests on a mistake; the proffered definitions of 'the imagination' do not link it with fiction but with representations more generally. In place of the flawed consensus, he offers an account of what it is to read, listen to, or watch ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199647019
SKU
V9780199647019
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About Derek Matravers
After taking Philosophy for his first degree at University College London, Derek Matravers went on to complete his doctorate at Cambridge. He was a Post-Doctoral Lecturer at Cambridge, before moving to the Open University in 1994 where he is now Professor. He continues his links with Cambridge, where he is a Senior Member of Darwin College. He has published extensively ... Read more
Reviews for Fiction and Narrative
An excellent, ambitious book, there is no doubt that Fiction and Narrative Narrative will make many of us think a little harder about these two pesky categories.
Anna Christina Ribeiro, The Philosophical Quarterly
... philosophising about fiction will take a huge jolt from Matravers' book. It challenges some fundamental assumptions and is rich in careful, probing argument. No ... Read more
Anna Christina Ribeiro, The Philosophical Quarterly
... philosophising about fiction will take a huge jolt from Matravers' book. It challenges some fundamental assumptions and is rich in careful, probing argument. No ... Read more