Fiction and Disinformation in Early Modern Europe: An Introduction

IF 1.8 1区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY
Emma Claussen, Luca Zenobi
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This chapter introduces the reader to the world of fiction and disinformation in early modern Europe. It starts by placing fiction and disinformation in the context of wider trends and developments, while also drawing a parallel between present practices and concerns and those of the early modern period (Section I). The chapter then surveys existing scholarship on these themes, highlighting the novelty of recent research and the transformative potential of interdisciplinary work (Section II). Finally, it sets out the approach and methodology which underpin the rest of volume (Section III). It is argued that fiction and disinformation need to be studied in tandem, and that their study should be guided by a combination of literary and historical approaches. This method is exemplified by the volume’s nine chapters. They all conduct close readings of falsehoods and fictional writings, examining their rhetorical and linguistic qualities, including matters such as style, narrative and genre; and they also uncover how fiction and disinformation brought about change in society and in the lives of the people who wrote them as much as those who read them. This makes the Supplement as a whole a methodological intervention, further bridging the gap between historical analysis and cultural criticism, and a contribution to the social and cultural history of early modernity.
近代早期欧洲的小说与虚假信息:导论
本章向读者介绍近代早期欧洲的虚构和虚假信息世界。首先,将虚构和虚假信息置于更广泛的趋势和发展背景下,同时也将当前的实践和关注与早期现代时期的实践和关注进行比较(第1节)。本章随后调查了有关这些主题的现有学术研究,突出了最近研究的新颖性和跨学科工作的变革潜力(第2节)。它阐述了支撑卷的其余部分的方法和方法(第三节)。有人认为,小说和虚假信息需要同时研究,他们的研究应该由文学和历史方法的结合来指导。本书的九章就是这种方法的例证。他们都会仔细阅读谎言和虚构作品,检查它们的修辞和语言品质,包括风格、叙事和体裁等问题;他们还揭示了小说和虚假信息是如何给社会、给作者和读者的生活带来变化的。这使得《补编》作为一个整体成为方法论上的介入,进一步弥合了历史分析和文化批评之间的鸿沟,并对早期现代性的社会和文化史做出了贡献。
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