On The Origin Of Stories Evolution Cognition And Fiction By Brian Boyd
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On the Origin of Stories
Author: Brian Boyd
language: en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date: 2009-05-30
Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories and how our minds are shaped to understand them. After considering art as adaptation, Boyd examines Homer’s Odyssey and Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who! demonstrating how an evolutionary lens can offer new understanding and appreciation of specific works.
Evolution, Literature, and Film
Jonathan Gottschall teaches English at Washington and Jefferson College. --Book Jacket.
The Literary Animal
Author: Jonathan Gottschall
language: en
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Release Date: 2005-12-26
The goal of this book is to overcome some of the widespread misunderstandings about the meaning of a Darwinian approach to the human mind generally, and literature specifically.