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The Unexpected

- Narrative Temporality and the Philosophy of Surprise
Engelsk Hardback

The Unexpected

- Narrative Temporality and the Philosophy of Surprise
Engelsk Hardback

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Explores the relationship between unexpected events in narrative and life

Focusing on surprise, spontaneous eruption and the unforeseeable, The Unexpected argues that stories help us to reconcile what we expect with what we experience. Though narrative is often understood a recapitulation of past events, the book argues that the unexpected and the future anterior, a future that is already complete, are guiding ideas for new understandings of the reading process. It also points beyond that to some of the key temporal concepts of our epoch, of unpredictability, the event, the untimely and the messianic.

The Unexpected is an important intervention in narratology and a striking general argument about the cultural significance of surprise. The enquiry is developed by a range of new readings in philosophy and theory, as well as of Sarah Waters''s Fingersmith, Kazuo Ishiguro''s Never Let Me Go and Julian Barnes''s The Sense of an Ending.

Key Features

An original discussion of the relation of time and narrative
An important intervention in narratology
A striking general argument about the workings of the mind
Provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature










Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
192
ISBN-13:
9780748676293
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0748676295
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
31 jan 2013
Længde:
16mm
Bredde:
163mm
Højde:
240mm
Forlag:
Edinburgh University Press
Oplagsdato:
31 jan 2013
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