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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I HUMANIST HERMENEUTICS -- CHAPTER 1 Reading the Human Drama in Film and Fiction -- PART II SOCIAL NARRATOLOGY -- CHAPTER 2 Foundational Functions of Fiction -- CHAPTER 3 Affective Functions of Fiction -- CHAPTER 4 Connectedness and Character -- CHAPTER 5 Mental Work and Memory -- CHAPTER 6 Ethics and Conclusions -- PART III GENRE CASE STUDY: THE SUBURBAN ENSEMBLE DRAMEDY -- CHAPTER 7 An Introduction to the Millennial Suburban Ensemble Film -- CHAPTER 8 Discussions: Affect, Sociopolitics and the Ensemble Narrative |
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PART IV CLOSE READING CASE STUDY: PARENTHOOD -- CHAPTER 9 Parenthood: A Humanistic Close Reading -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
This book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to complicate our understanding of others, and questioning the ethics and efficacy of attempts to represent human social complexity in fiction. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Humanism in literature.
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Humanism in literature. |
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Motion pictures -- Plots, themes, etc.
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Motion pictures -- Plots, themes, etc. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1474454313 9781474454315 (OCoLC)1085221557 |
| ISBN |
9781474454339 (electronic book) |
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147445433X (electronic book) |
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1474454313 |
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9781474454315 |
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