Joan Rockwell

Fact in Fiction

The use of literature in the systematic study of society

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1974, Fact in Fiction states that literature does not 'reflect' or 'arise from' society but is as much a functioning part of it as any social structure, institution or set of norms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9781032564487
• ISBN-10: 1032564482
• Artikelnr.: 69946868

Autorenporträt

Joan Rockwell

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Language and literature 2. The transmission of norms in fiction
3. The so-called 'realism' of the novel 4. Fact in fiction: the use of
fiction in the deduction of facts about society 5. Some speculations on the
possible existence of a matriarchal society in Greece, based on the
Oresteia of Aeschylus 6. Normative attitudes of spies in fiction
Bibliography Index