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Fiction and Narrative

By: Derek Matravers

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Paperback | 23 February 2017

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192 Pages

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13.9 x 21.5 x 1.8

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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 a narrative whether that narrative is fictional or non-fictional. The view that emerges, which draws extensively on work in psychology, downgrades the divide between fiction and non-fiction and largely dispenses with the imagination. In the process, he casts new light on a succession of issues: on the 'paradox of fiction', on the issue of fictional narrators, on the problem of 'imaginative resistance', and on the
nature of our engagement with film.

Industry Reviews

`This book is a total game changer for anyone interested in the philosophy of fiction, aesthetics, and narrative . . . a natural next step in the genealogy of our explanations about our engagement with fiction as well as an excellent theoretical framework for making sense of fiction, nonfiction, and understanding narrative . . . Although Walton, Currie, and Lamarque and Olsen have commented on their critics for the past 25 years, I believe that Matravers has posed the most significant challenge to the consensus view since Walton's Mimesis as Make-Believe.' Sarah Worth, Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism `Fiction and Narrative is a concise work that consists of short chapters tightly packed with arguments; yet, it manages to do a lot. In addition to providing an intriguing theoretical reorientation, the book has substantial value in clarifying (and questioning) recent debates around fiction.' Jukka Mikkonen, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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