Narrative Theory, Literature, and New Media: Narrative Minds and Virtual Worlds
Mari Hatavara · Matti Hyvärinen · Maria Mäkelä · Frans Mäyrä
Jun 2015 · Routledge
Ebook
326
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
reportRatings and reviews aren’t verified Learn More
About this ebook
Offering an interdisciplinary approach to narrative, this book investigates storyworlds and minds in narratives across media, from literature to digital games and reality TV, from online sadomasochism to oral history databases, and from horror to hallucinations. It addresses two core questions of contemporary narrative theory, inspired by recent cognitive-scientific developments: what kind of a construction is a storyworld, and what kind of mental functioning can be embedded in it? Minds and worlds become essential facets of making sense and interpreting narratives as the book asks how story-internal minds relate to the mind external to the storyworld, that is, the mind processing the story. With essays from social scientists, literary scholars, linguists, and scholars from interactive media studies answering these topical questions, the collection brings diverse disciplines into dialogue, providing new openings for genuinely transdisciplinary narrative theory. The wide-ranging selection of materials analyzed in the book promotes knowledge on the latest forms of cultural and social meaning-making through narrative, necessary for navigating the contemporary, mediatized cultural landscape. The combination of theoretical reflection and empirical analysis makes this book an invaluable resource for scholars and advanced students in fields including literary studies, social sciences, art, media, and communication.
About the author
Mari Hatavara is Professor of Finnish Literature at the University of Tampere, Finland
Matti Hyvärinen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Tampere, Finland
Maria Mäkelä is Senior Lecturer of Comparative Literature at the University of Tampere, Finland
Frans Mäyrä is Professor of Information Studies and Interactive Media at the University of Tampere, Finland
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
