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On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction de Brian Boyd
Descripci贸n - Cr铆ticas 'This is an insightful, erudite, and thoroughly original work. Aside from illuminating the human love of fiction, it proves that consilience between the humanities and sciences can enrich both fields of knowledge.' - Steven Pinker' Rese帽a del editor A century and a half after the publication of 'Origin of Species', evolutionary thinking has expanded beyond the field of biology to include virtually all human-related subjects - anthropology, archeology, psychology, economics, religion, morality, politics, culture, and art. Now a distinguished scholar offers the first comprehensive account of the evolutionary origins of art and storytelling. Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories, how our minds are shaped to understand them, and what difference an evolutionary understanding of human nature makes to stories we love. Art is a specifically human adaptation, Boyd argues. It offers tangible advantages for human survival, and it derives from play, itself an adaptation widespread among more intelligent animals. More particularly, our fondness for storytelling has sharpened social cognition, encouraged cooperation, and fostered creativity. After considering art as adaptation, Boyd examines Homer's 'Odyssey' and Dr. Seuss' 'Horton Hears a Who!' demonstrating how an evolutionary lens can offer new understanding and appreciation of specific works. What triggers our emotional engagement with these works? What patterns facilitate our responses? The need to hold an audience's attention, Boyd underscores, is the fundamental problem facing all storytellers. Enduring artists arrive at solutions that appeal to cognitive universals: an insight out of step with contemporary criticism, which obscures both the individual and universal. Published for the bicentenary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of 'Origin of Species', Boyd's study embraces a Darwinian view of human nature and art, and offers a credo for a new humanism. Biograf铆a del autor Brian Boyd, University Distinguished Professor in the Department of English, University of Auckland, is the world's foremost authority on the works of Nabokov.
Detalles del Libro
- Name: On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction
- Autor: Brian Boyd
- Categoria: Libros,Literatura y ficci贸n,Historia, teor铆a literaria y cr铆tica
- Tama帽o del archivo: 17 MB
- Tipos de archivo: PDF Document
- Descargada: 412 times
- Idioma: Espa帽ol
- Archivos de estado: AVAILABLE
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