On Making Fiction Frankenstein and the Life of Stories

Fiction is generally understood to be a fascinating, yet somehow deficient affair, merely derivative of reality. What if we could, instead, come up with an affirmative approach that takes stories seriously in their capacity to bring forth a substance of their own? Iconic texts such as Mary Shelley&#...

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Váldodahkki: Danebrock, Friederike (auth)
Materiálatiipa: Elektrovnnalaš Girjji oassi
Giella:eaŋgalasgiella
Almmustuhtton: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2023
Ráidu:Literaturtheorie 5
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Čoahkkáigeassu:Fiction is generally understood to be a fascinating, yet somehow deficient affair, merely derivative of reality. What if we could, instead, come up with an affirmative approach that takes stories seriously in their capacity to bring forth a substance of their own? Iconic texts such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and its numerous adaptations stubbornly resist our attempts to classify them as mere representations of reality. Friederike Danebrock shows how these texts insist that we take them seriously as agents and interlocutors in our world- and culture-making activities. Drawing on this analysis, she develops a theory of narrative fiction as a generative practice.
Olgguldas hápmi:1 electronic resource (292 p.)
ISBN:9783839465509
9783837665505
Beassan:Open Access