On the origin of stories : evolution, cognition, and fiction / Brian Boyd.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.Description: xii, 540 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780674033573 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0674033574 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 809.3 22
- 801.92 22
- PN3451 .B68 2009
- EC 2430
- EC 2490
- EC 4500
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-507) and index.
Introduction: Animal, human, art, story -- Book 1: Evolution, art, and fiction. Part 1. Evolution and nature. Evolution and human nature? ; Evolution, adaptation, and adapted minds ; The evolution of intelligence ; The evolution of cooperation -- Part 2. Evolution and art. Art as adaptation? ; Art as cognitive play ; Art and attention ; From tradition to innovation -- Part 3. Evolution and fiction. Art, narrative, fiction ; Understanding and recalling events ; Narrative: representing events ; Fiction: inventing events ; Fiction as adaptation -- Book II: From Zeus to Seuss: origins of stories. Part 4. Phylogeny: the Odyssey. Earning attention (1): natural patterns: character and plot ; Earning attention (s): open-ended patterns: ironies of structure ; The evolution of intelligence (1): in the here and now ; The evolution of intelligence (2): beyond the here and now ; The evolution of cooperation (1): expanding the circle ; The evolution of cooperation (2): punishment -- Part 5. Ontogeny: Horton hears a who! Levels of explanation: universal, local, and individual ; Levels of explanation: individuality again ; Levels of explanation: particular ; Meanings -- Conclusion: Retrospect and prospects: evolution, literature, criticism -- Afterward: Evolution, art, story, purpose.