Thinking Narratively: Between Novel-Essay and Narrative Essay

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2022

Thinking Narratively

Between Novel-Essay and Narrative Essay

Edited by: Massimo Fusillo , Gianluigi Simonetti and Lorenzo Marchese

Volume 4 in the series Transcodification: Arts, Languages and Media

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110764185

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What is the connection between philosophical enquiries and storytelling in contemporary narrative? Is it possible to outline some features of a so-called philosophical fiction in Western literature throughout the last two centuries? This book aims to provide a plural answer, hosting extensive essays by seven young researchers coming from different fields (Theory of literature, German, American, Russian and Italian contemporary literature, history and evolution of the essayistic form). A short The volume is addressed to all those with a strong interest in both evolution of philosophical speech and history of the novel and has a strong vocation to promote interdisciplinarity in literary studies.

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Massimo Fusillo and Lorenzo Marchese, University of L'Aquila, Italy; Gianluigi Simonetti, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Introduction Massimo Fusillo, Lorenzo Marchese and Gianluigi Simonetti Open Access Download PDF	1
Disenchanting the World: A Reflection on the Common Ground Between the Novel Form and the Essay Raffaello Palumbo Mosca Open Access Download PDF	5
An Irreconcilable Discrepancy: Sketching a Theory of the Novel-essay Valeria Cavalloro Open Access Download PDF	19
The Totality that Does not Die: On the early Twentieth-century Novel-essay and two Rearticulations of Bourgeois Culture Mimmo Cangiano Open Access Download PDF	33
Thinking and Narrating Eroticism in Italy in the Sixties Silvia Cucchi Open Access Download PDF	45
Between the “Roman-Essay” and the “Essay-Roman”: Jean Améry’s Lefeu oder Der Abbruch and W.G. Sebald’s Austerlitz Lara Toffoli Open Access Download PDF	61
On the Relationship between Novel-essay and Science-fiction Lorenzo Marchese Open Access Download PDF	77
The Essayification of Narrative Forms in the 21st Century: a Comparative Study Marine Aubry-Morici Open Access Download PDF	101
The Trunk and the Branches Francesco Pecoraro Open Access Download PDF	113
About the Authors Open Access Download PDF	119
Index of Persons Open Access Download PDF	121
Index of Subjects Open Access Download PDF	125

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Students and scholars in the fields of philosophy, literary studies and history
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 126
Keywords: Storytelling; narravtive; Western literature; modern literature; philosophy

eBook

Published: July 18, 2022
ISBN: 9783110764185

Hardcover

Published: July 18, 2022
ISBN: 9783110764048