Fictional Thinking: A Poetics and Rhetoric of Fictional Creativity in Theatre Tapa dura - 2009

Brighton and Portland: Sussex Academic Press, 2009. First Edition. Cloth/Laminated Boards. Like New/No d/j as Published. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book This book offers a theory of the archaic mode of fictional thinking and a methodology for the analysis of fictional worlds. It presupposes the mutual independence of the description of a fictional world, in any language or medium, and the described fictional world. Such a world is generated by an autonomous fictional structure, which reflects the spontaneous expectations of the spectator, and thematic specification. A model of this structure is presented, comprising seven layers: personified, mythical, praxical, naive, ironic and aesthetic - and overriding these layers, the fictional experience on the level of relationship between the fictional world and spectator. This experience depends on the spectator's ability to complement such a description with pertinent associations, drawn from shared cultural… Leer más

Liverpool University Press, 7/3/2009 12:00:01 AM. hardcover. New. 0.9449 in x 8.9764 in x 5.9055 in. Brand new. Slight shelf wear scuffs on cover. Ships from Friends bookstore to benefit Beaverton (Oregon) library.

Hardback. New. Offers a theory of the archaic mode of fictional thinking and a methodology for the analysis of fictional worlds. This title presupposes the mutual independence of the description of a fictional world, in various languages or mediums, and the described fictional world.

Sussex Academic Pr, 2009. Hardcover. New. 304 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.