01334nam a2200289 a 4500 EDZ0000076121 StDuBDS 20150804193932.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 100505s2010 enka fo 001 0 eng d 9780191712432 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS P302 401.41 22 Currie, Gregory. Narratives and narrators [electronic resource] : a philosophy of stories / Gregory Currie. Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010. 1 online resource (xx, 243 p.) : ill. 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. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Discourse analysis, Narrative. Literature Philosophy. Print version 9780199282609 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199282609.001.0001 37418 37418