Fact in Fiction

The use of literature in the systematic study of society

Joan Rockwell (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-56448-7 (ISBN)

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First published in 1974, Fact in Fiction states that literature does not ‘reflect’ or ‘arise from’ society but is as much a functioning part of it as any social structure, institution or set of norms. The author shows that, however fantastic the content of fiction, it is a representation of social fact, not the mere random issue of private fantasy. Because of this, there is a regular and discernible pattern in which literature is related to other strands in the social web, which makes it possible to ‘read back’ from fiction to other social fact. An explanation is put forward for the normative power of fiction, from its origins in the apparent human necessity to communicate abstract concepts in terms of narrative accounts of human action. This book will be of interest to students of literature, sociology and history.

Joan Rockwell

Preface 1. Language and literature 2. The transmission of norms in fiction 3. The so-called ‘realism’ of the novel 4. Fact in fiction: the use of fiction in the deduction of facts about society 5. Some speculations on the possible existence of a matriarchal society in Greece, based on the Oresteia of Aeschylus 6. Normative attitudes of spies in fiction Bibliography Index

Erscheinungsdatum	02.08.2023
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Revivals
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	620 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-032-56448-2 / 1032564482
ISBN-13	978-1-032-56448-7 / 9781032564487
Zustand	Neuware