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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Thinking Narratively. Between Novel-Essay and Narrative Essay

Fusillo MassimoMarchese LorenzoSimonetti Gianluigi

subject

narrative essayFICTION-NON FICTIONNOVEL-ESSAY: THEORY OF NOVEL; TRANSCODIFICATION; FICTION-NON FICTIONSettore L-FIL-LET/14 - Critica Letteraria E Letterature ComparateNOVEL-ESSAY: THEORY OF NOVELNovel-essaycomparative literatureliterature and philosophyTRANSCODIFICATION

description

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.

10.1515/9783110764185https://hdl.handle.net/11697/196446