Why Fiction? |
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| Author:
| Schaeffer, Jean-Marie |
| Translator:
| Cohn, Dorrit |
| Series title: | Stages Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-1758-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $60.00 |
Book Description:
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In Why Fiction? - one of the most important works of narrative theory to come out of France in recent years - Jean-Marie Schaeffer understands fiction not as a literary genre but, in contrast to other literary theorists, as a genre of life. The result is arguably the first systematic refutation of Plato's polemic against fiction and an argument for regarding fiction as having a cognitive function.
In Why Fiction? - one of the most important works of narrative theory to come out of France in recent years - Jean-Marie Schaeffer understands fiction not as a literary genre but, in contrast to other literary theorists, as a genre of life. The result is arguably the first systematic refutation of Plato's polemic against fiction and an argument for regarding fiction as having a cognitive function.