Narrative humanism : kindness and complexity in fiction and film /
How can stories function as expressions of kindness to others, and how might the narratives we live by then affect our behavior in the world? Is there such a thing as a 'humanistic drama'? This book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2019].
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| Summary: | How can stories function as expressions of kindness to others, and how might the narratives we live by then affect our behavior in the world? Is there such a thing as a 'humanistic drama'? 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. With case studies of films like Parenthood (1989), American Beauty (1999), Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and The Kids Are All Right (2010), this original study synthesises leading discourses on media and cognition, evolutionary anthropology, literature and film analysis into a new theory of the storytelling instinct. |
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| Physical Description: | 250 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [214]-240) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474454315 1474454313 |