Narratives and narrators [electronic resource] : a philosophy of stories / Gregory Currie. Currie, Gregory. Discourse analysis, Narrative. Literature Philosophy. P302 401.41 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Reflecting on the nature and significance of narrative in human communication, this book shows that narratives are devices for manifesting the intentions of their makers in stories. Currie argues that human tendencies to imitation and joint attention underlie the pleasure of narrative, discussing irony, authorship, and character. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010. c2010. 2010 Text 1 online resource (xx, 243 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199282609.001.0001 eng