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.

Fusillo Massimo, Marchese Lorenzo, Simonetti Gianluigi (2022). Thinking Narratively. Between Novel-Essay and Narrative Essay [10.1515/9783110764185-001].

Thinking Narratively. Between Novel-Essay and Narrative Essay

Marchese Lorenzo
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2022-01-01

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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.
2022
Novel-essay; narrative essay; comparative literature; literature and philosophy
978-3-11-076404-8
Fusillo Massimo, Marchese Lorenzo, Simonetti Gianluigi (2022). Thinking Narratively. Between Novel-Essay and Narrative Essay [10.1515/9783110764185-001].
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