书目名称 | Cause and Effect in Fiction |
编辑 | Frances Howard-Snyder |
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概述 | Explores some of the evolutionary, philosophical, and psychological reasons why causality is so important to fiction..Offers a practical guide to one of fiction-writing‘s oldest and most fundamental s |
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描述 | .This book explores and defends George Saunders’ .causal thesis. that successful stories are those that establish causation well. The book includes an in-depth discussion of causation’s role in several different key craft elements of fiction writing and examines different theories of causation and their implications for causation in fiction. Other discussions include the role of causation in building suspense, character and causation, causation in dialogue and connections between fiction and counterfactuals (or hypotheticals). The book also considers a number of objections to the causal thesis and offers a reply.. |
出版日期 | Book 2024 |
关键词 | Creative Writing; Fiction; Philosophy of Literature; Philosophy of Fiction; Narrative; Cause and Effect |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52712-8 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-52712-8 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |