How to Make Believe: The Fictional Truths of the Representational Arts

Published by De Gruyter 2015

How to Make Believe

The Fictional Truths of the Representational Arts

Edited by: J. Alexander Bareis and Lene Nordrum

Volume 49 in the series Narratologia

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110443875

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About this book

A major question in studies of aesthetic expression is how we can understand and explain similarities and differences among different forms of representation. In the current volume, this question is addressed through the lens of make-believe theory, a philosophical theory broadly introduced by two seminal works – Kendall Walton’s Mimesis as Make-Believe and Gregory Currie's The Nature of Fiction, both published 1990. Since then, make-believe theory has become central in the philosphical discussion of representation. As a first of its kind, the current volume comprises 17 detailed studies of highly different forms of representation, such as novels, plays, TV-series, role games, computer games, lamentation poetry and memoirs. The collection contributes to establishing make-believe theory as a powerful theoretical tool for a wide array of studies traditionally falling under the humanities umbrella.

Author / Editor information

J. Alexander Bareis and Lene Nordrum, Lund University, Lund, Sweden .

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section 1 – Theory
The Concept of Literary Realism Stein Haugom Olsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Thought, Make-Believe and the Opacity of Narrative Peter Lamarque Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Narrative per se and Narratability James R. Hamilton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Section 2 – Literature and Film
Distance in Fiction Tobias Klauk and Tilmann Köppe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Narration, Representation, Memoir, Truth, and Lies How We Diminish the Art of Narrative with Simple Truths Sarah E. Worth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Truth in Fiction Remigius Bunia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Destabilizing Reality Postmodern Narrative and the Logic of Make-Believe Ira Newman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
The Place for External Considerations in Reading Literary Fiction Jukka Mikkonen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Fictional Truth, Principles of Generation, and Interpretation Or: Why it is Fictionally True that Tony Soprano was Shot Dead J. Alexander Bareis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Deixis in Literary and Film Fiction Intra-Ontological Reference and the Case of Controlling Fictional Narrators Mario Slugan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
Metalepsis and Participation in Games of Make-Believe Liviu Lutas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
‘I grieve’ as Make-Believe Generating Fictional Truth in Eighteenth-Century Lamentation Poetry (Günther, Haller, Young and Novalis) Sonja Klimek Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Section 3 – Theatre and Music
Fictionality and Make-Believe in Drama, Theatre and Opera Frank Zipfel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Making Meaning in the Theatre: Double Noesis Matthew DeCoursey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Impurely Musical Make-Believe Eran Guter and Inbal Guter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Section 4 – Games
Make-Believe Wickedness vs. Wicked Making-Believe RPGs, Imagination and Moral Complicity E. M. Dadlez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Agency and Volition in Make-Believe Worlds Jason D’Cruz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Prop Perspective and the Aesthetics of Play Chris Bateman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	335
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
Contact Addresses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Researchers and students with an interest in philosophy, aesthetics, narrative, fictionality
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 362
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 4
Keywords: Make-believe; imagination; fictionality; representational arts

eBook

Published: November 13, 2015
ISBN: 9783110443875

Hardcover

Published: November 3, 2015
ISBN: 9783110441536