How can stories function as expressions of kindness to others, and how might the narratives we live by then affect our behaviour in the world? Is there such a thing as a 'humanistic drama'? This book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to complicate our understanding of others, and questioning the ethics and efficacy of attempts to represent human social complexity in fiction. With case studies of films like Parenthood (1989), American Beauty (1999), Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and The Kids Are All Right (2010), this original study…mehr
How can stories function as expressions of kindness to others, and how might the narratives we live by then affect our behaviour in the world? Is there such a thing as a 'humanistic drama'? This book attempts to clarify the narrative conditions of humanism, asking how we can use stories to complicate our understanding of others, and questioning the ethics and efficacy of attempts to represent human social complexity in fiction. With case studies of films like Parenthood (1989), American Beauty (1999), Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and The Kids Are All Right (2010), this original study synthesises leading discourses on media and cognition, evolutionary anthropology, literature and film analysis into a new theory of the storytelling instinct. Wyatt Moss-Wellington is an Assistant Professor in Media and Communication Studies at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
Wyatt Moss-Wellington is Assistant Professor in Media and Communication Studies and Director of Teaching in the School of International Communications at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China. He is the author of Narrative Humanism: Kindness and Complexity in Fiction and Film and co-editor of ReFocus: The Films of Spike Jonze, both released by Edinburgh University Press in 2019. Moss-Wellington received his PhD from the University of Sydney in 2017. He is also a progressive folk multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, and has released four studio albums: The Kinder We (2017), Sanitary Apocalypse (2014), Gen Y Irony Stole My Heart (2011) and The Supermarket and the Turncoat (2009).
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Acknowledgements PART I: Humanist Hermeneutics Introduction CH1: Reading the Human Drama in Film and Fiction PART II: Social Narratology CH2: Foundational Functions of Fiction CH3: Affective Functions of Fiction CH4: Connectedness and Character CH5: Mental Work and Memory CH6: Ethics and Conclusions PART III: Genre Case Study: The Suburban Ensemble Dramedy CH7: An Introduction to the Millennial Suburban Ensemble Film CH8: Discussions: Affect, Sociopolitics and the Ensemble Narrative PART IV: Close Reading Case Study: Parenthood CH9: Parenthood: A Humanistic Close Reading Afterword Bibliography
Acknowledgements PART I: Humanist Hermeneutics Introduction CH1: Reading the Human Drama in Film and Fiction PART II: Social Narratology CH2: Foundational Functions of Fiction CH3: Affective Functions of Fiction CH4: Connectedness and Character CH5: Mental Work and Memory CH6: Ethics and Conclusions PART III: Genre Case Study: The Suburban Ensemble Dramedy CH7: An Introduction to the Millennial Suburban Ensemble Film CH8: Discussions: Affect, Sociopolitics and the Ensemble Narrative PART IV: Close Reading Case Study: Parenthood CH9: Parenthood: A Humanistic Close Reading Afterword Bibliography
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