Thinking Narratively: Between Novel-Essay and Narrative Essay: 4 (Transcodification: Arts, Languages and Media, 4) - Hardcover

Massimo Fusillo; Gianluigi Simonetti; Lorenzo Marchese

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3110764040 ISBN 13: 9783110764048

Publisher: De Gruyter, 2022

Synopsis

What is the connection between philosophical enquiries and storytelling in contemporary narrative? Is it possible to outline some features of a so-called philosophical fiction in Western literature throughout the last two centuries? This book aims to provide a plural answer, hosting extensive essays by seven young researchers coming from different fields (Theory of literature, German, American, Russian and Italian contemporary literature, history and evolution of the essayistic form). A short The volume is addressed to all those with a strong interest in both evolution of philosophical speech and history of the novel and has a strong vocation to promote interdisciplinarity in literary studies.

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About the Author

Massimo Fusillo and Lorenzo Marchese, University of L'Aquila, Italy; Gianluigi Simonetti, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

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What is the connection between philosophical investigation and storytelling in contemporary narrative? Is it possible to outline some features of a so-called philosophical fiction in Western literature throughout the last two centuries? This book aims both to provide multi-disciplinary insight on this long-standing issue and to give a plural answer, hosting extensive essays by seven young researchers coming from different fields. A self-reflexive piece by the contemporary Italian writer Francesco Pecoraro worthily concludes this plural, comparative study on how to make philosophy through narration.

Edition details

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110764040
• ISBN 13: 9783110764048
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 126