00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-8027390931312025673 Buklod 20250618103642.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 250618t20232023enk o b 001 0 eng 9780367752293 (paperback) 22949260 CAL-14128 F & J Php2,621.10 DLC DCAL rda eng PN 3331 F53 2023 Fictionality [edited by] Karen Petroski. Milton Park, Abingdon Routledge 2023. vii, 211 pages 20 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier The New critical idiom Includes bibliographical references and index Perspectives on fictionality -- Starting points -- Seeing as -- Other worlds -- Reference -- Beyond text -- Beyond art. Does fiction enhance reality, or threaten our sense of what is real? What, if anything, is special about experiencing fictional works and worlds? Today we speak casually of parallel universes and virtual reality; how much do we really know about what these phenomena involve? In Fictionality, Karen Petroski explains how philosophers and literary theorists have approached these questions in the Western literary tradition, from Greek antiquity to the present day. The book introduces readers to both long-running and contemporary debates about: •The value and dangers of engagement with fiction •The origins of fictional artworks, especially literary works, in Western literature •The role played by imagination in engaging with fiction •The peculiarities of fictional "worlds" •The structure of linguistic reference within fictional artworks •The functions of fictionality in non-linguistic artworks such as film and television •The role played by fictionality outside artworks, for example, in philosophy, law, and politics Fictionality offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this field of increasing critical and theoretical interest. Bringing together theoretical insights from a variety of perspectives, it will be an essential resource for anyone studying fictionality. -- Provided by publisher. Fiction History and criticism Theory, etc.. Fictions, Theory of. Petroski, Karen editor. FO UPD DCAL PN 3331 F53 2023 Book