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Literary Darwinism
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Joseph Carroll is Professor of English at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He has published books on Matthew Arnold and Wallace Stevens. In Evolution and Literary Theory (1995) and in his subsequent writing, he has spearheaded the movement to integrate literary study with Darwinian psychology.
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The evolution of literature : legacies of Darwin in European cultures
Daniel Dennett famously claimed for Darwinian theory the status of universal solvent: the totalising theory of theories, even of theories of literature. Yet only a few writers and critics have followed his view. This volume asks why. It examines both evolution in literature, and the evolution of literature. It looks at literary representations of Darwinism both historically and synchronically, at how a theory of literature might be derived from evolutionary theory, and indeed how evolution as a process might be regarded as itself aesthetic. It complements these theoretical and historical dimensions of enquiry with the comparative dimension. It asks in short: What have been the representations of Darwinian evolutionary theory in literature since the late nineteenth century? What are the leading paradigms in theory and in literature for renovating the evolutionary model? What were, and are, the differences in British, French, German paradigms of literary Darwinian reception? How, if at all, did Darwinian modes of thought hybridise across national borders? Last, but not least: What is the future of the Darwinian mode?.
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Scientific Americans
The book challenges narrow readings of evolution as 'social Darwinism' by looking at evolutionary theory through the interrelated perspectives of science, North American naturalist literature, and popular journalism.
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Telling Stories / Geschichten erzählen
Die Untersuchung möglicher evolutionärer Ursprünge menschlichen Verhaltens und dabei auch der Kunst und Literatur hat sich in den letzten Jahren zu einem fruchtbaren, aber auch umstittenen Arbeitsfeld entwickelt. Galt noch vor wenigen Jahren das Paradigma, dass ausschließlich Kultur die menschliche Lebenswirklichkeit bestimmt, so werden inzwischen alternative Modelle diskutiert, nach denen auch evolutionär erworbene Faktoren eine wesentliche Rolle spielen können. Daraus ergeben sich spannende Fragestellungen für die Untersuchung der Funktionalität des Erzählens in der frühmenschlichen Umwelt, der Entwicklung narrativer Strukturen sowie auch der Rolle bei der Produktion und Rezeption fiktionaler Texte. Die in diesem Band versammelten Aufsätze diskutieren diese Fragen aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven und geben damit einen umfassenden Überblick über den aktuellen Forschungsstand in diesem wesentlichen interdisziplinären Forschungsgebiet.
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American Classics
This collection of essays offers evolutionary psychological analysis of selected works from the American literary tradition. Application of evolutionary theory to writing by Ben Franklin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton, F. Scot Fitzgerald, Zora Neal Hurston, and others creates an interdisciplinary framework for examining key textual features—plot, theme, tone, setting, symbol, characterization, point of view—and at the same time provides an accessible introduction to Darwinian literary critical methodology. Pertinent scientific research, together with essential terms and concepts, is explained in context. Connections are made throughout to existing commentary on the targeted texts, illustrating how Darwinian scrutiny can enrich, extend, or reconfigure understandings derived from other critical approaches.
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