The Literary Bias: Narrative and the Self

IF 0.1 3区文学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE Pub Date : 2023-12-05 DOI:10.1353/phl.2023.a913816

Daniel Just

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Abstract

Abstract:

Narratives are an interface that evolution has instilled in our brains for their optimal interaction with reality. Without them we would not be who we are: creatures that narrativize their experiences, integrate them into their autobiographical self, and imagine the future of this self. But narratives also distort reality by endowing it with meaning, purpose, and causality even when none exist. Literary stories with weak narrativity, such as those by Raymond Carver, remind us of another modality of the human mind and selfhood available to us, one that registers the world without subjecting it to narrative selection and chronological ordering.

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文学偏见:叙事与自我

摘要:叙事是进化在我们大脑中灌输的一种界面，用于与现实进行最佳互动。没有它们，我们就不会是现在的我们:这些生物会叙述自己的经历，将它们融入自传式的自我，并想象这个自我的未来。但叙事也会扭曲现实，赋予它意义、目的和因果关系，即使这些都不存在。叙述性较弱的文学故事，比如雷蒙德·卡弗(Raymond Carver)的作品，提醒我们人类心灵和自我的另一种形式，这种形式记录了世界，而不受叙事选择和时间顺序的限制。

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