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Gary Saul Morson - Prosaics and Other Provocations, Inbunden

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Prosaics and Other Provocations

Empathy, Open Time, and the Novel

Av Gary Saul Morson

Del i serien Ars Rossica

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This far-ranging study develops Morson’s concept of “prosaics,” which stresses the importance of ordinary events and the novel’s unique ability to portray them. Arguing that time is open and contingency real, Morson develops a “prosaics of process” showing how some masterpieces have found an alternative to structure. His well-known pseudonym Alicia Chudo, the inventor of “misanthropology,” explores the disturbing philosophical content of laughter, disgust, and even empathy. Northwestern University’s most popular professor, Morson attributes declining student interest in literature to current teaching methods. He argues in favor of showing how literature fosters empathy with people unlike ourselves. Ever playful, Morson explores the relation of games to wit, which expresses the power of the mind to triumph over contingency in the social world.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-08-29
  • Mått: 159 x 238 x 23 mm
  • Vikt: 597 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: Ars Rossica
  • Antal sidor: 300
  • Förlag: Academic Studies Press
  • ISBN: 9781618111616
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Gary Saul Morson (PhD Yale University) is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Frances Hooper Professor of the Arts and Humanities at Northwestern University. His study Narrative and Freedom: The Shadows of Time (1996) won a best book award from the American Comparative Literature Association. He is also the author of Mikhail Bakhtin: Creation of a Prosaics (co-authored with Caryl Emerson, 1990), Anna Karenina in Our Time: Seeing More Wisely (2007), and The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture (2011).

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“Morson epitomizes the elusive scholar/teacher, equally comfortable theorizing about literature (particularly the novel) and teaching us how to teach in a way that captivates and fascinates students of all levels. His trademark wit is everywhere in evidence in this delightful and wide-ranging collection that shows he belongs to the ranks of the greatest scholars and readers of literature, on a level with Frank Kermode and Wayne Booth.”

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