Fiction and Art: Explorations in Contemporary Theory

441 Pages·2015·2.54 MB·English

by  Sukla

Fiction and Art
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Fiction and Art
Explorations in
contemporary theory
Edited by Ananta Ch. Sukla
Bloomsbury Academic
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For Bhikari Dhal, Ramachandra Pratihari,
Sridhar Das, Gayadhar Barik, Laxmidhar Pani,
Banamali Panda, Asim Dutta, Jashodhara Bagchi,
Ketaki Kushari, Paritosh Mishra, Kirtan Nayak
and all others who created a fi ctional world for
me during my studies at Jadavpur University,
Calcutta (1963–71).
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Contents
Notes on Contributors xi
Acknowledgements xv
Introduction Ananta Ch. Sukla
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Part I Historical Perspectives
1 Fiction’s False Start David Konstan
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2 The Poetic Pragmatics of Greek Myths:
Referential Fiction and Ritual Performance
Claude Calame
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Part II Interdisciplinary Perspectives
3 Fictionality of the Absolute: On Truth and
Lie in the Metaphysical and Aesthetic
Sense Peter Heron
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4 Mathematical Fictions Jody Azzouni
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5 Why Suicide Bombers Bomb: Fictionality of
Rituals Ivan Strenski
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6 Fiction and History Allen Speight
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7 Cognitive Value of (Literary) Fiction
Robert Stecker
109
8 Fiction, Cognition and Confusion
Jukka Mikkonen
123
9 Epistemology and Fiction: Thought Experiments
in Personal Identity Aleks Zarnitsyn
137
10 Semantics of Fiction: Naming and Metonymy
Carl Ehrett
155
11 The Fictional Truth: Nonfi ction and
Narration Sarah Worth
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12 Fiction as a Creative Process Amanda Garcia
187
13 Fiction and Emotion: The Relation of
Consciousness to the Economy of
Evolution Samuel Kimball
203
Part III Aesthetic Perspectives
14 How to Reach Fictional Worlds
Lubomír Doležel
219
15 Literature, Fictionality, and the Illusion of
Self-P resence Samuel Kimball
229
16 Judicial Fiction and Literary Fiction: The Example
of the Factum Christian Biet
243
17 Pictorial Fiction: Imagination and Power of
Picasso’s Images Charles Altieri
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18 Sonic Fiction: Truth in Music Geraldine Finn
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19 Gestural Fiction: Dance Renee Conroy
285
20 Fictionality of the Theatrical Performance
Roderick Nicholls
301
21 Fictionality in Film and Photography
David Fenner
321
22 Fictions Sharing Subjectivity Rob van Gerwen
335
Part IV Oriental Perspectives
23 Fundamentals of Fiction in Indian Mythology,
Poetics and Dramaturgy Ananta Ch. Sukla
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24 Fiction in the Chinese Mythical and Literary
Traditions A my Lee
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25 Truth and Fiction in the Japanese Narrative:
Sakaguchi Ango’s Critique of the I-n ovel
Robert Steen
367
26 Fiction in the Medieval Arabic Literary
Tradition Arkady Nedel
379
Concluding Note Ananta Ch. Sukla
389

Integrated Bibliography and Works Cited 391

Index 417