Excavating Stephen King

A Darwinist Hermeneutic Study of the Fiction

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Excavating Stephen King: A Darwinist Hermeneutic Study of the Fiction combines approaches from science and literary theory to examine the canon of Stephen King’s fiction work in a single critical study. James Arthur Anderson has devised the concept of Darwinist Hermeneutics as a critical tool to combine evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, biology, and literary Darwinism with other more conventional critical theory, including structuralism, narratology, semiotics, and linguistic analysis. Using this theory, Anderson examines King’s works in terms of archetypes and mythology, human universals, affective emotions, and the organization of story to create maximum suspense. This method brings new insights into King’s stories and broader implications for storytelling as a whole.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-10-28
Mått164 x 227 x 25 mm
Vikt572 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor258
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793628626

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Introduction: Stephen King, Fast Food or Five Star?Part 1: Archetypes: Structuralism Meets DarwinChapter 1: The Hero’s Quest Chapter 2: The Trickster: King’s Tricks and TreatsChapter 3: In the Beginning… The Creation of the MultiverseChapter 4: Silenced by Science: the Anthropocene Apocalypse in CellPart 2: Human UniversalsChapter 5 : The Stand: Survival of the Ethical FittestChapter 6: Religion: King as the “Dark Theologian" Chapter 7: Free Will: Robots or WildcardsChapter 8: Time and 11/22/63 Chapter 9: Nostalgia and Things PastPart 3: Affective EmotionsChapter 10: The Battle of the SexesChapter 11: What’s Love Got to Do with It?Chapter 12: Family and ChildrenChapter 13: Rage and Sweet RevengeChapter 14 : Fear: Why We Like Scary StoriesPart 4: Darwinism and the ArtsChapter 15: The Symbolic Animal: Imagination and CreativityChapter 16: The Arts: Soothing the Savage BeastChapter 17: The Addiction of Language and StoryChapter 18: The Thematic KingChapter 19: The Li

Erudite, informatively insightful, impressively thoughtful and thought-provoking, "Excavating Stephen King: A Darwinist Hermeneutic Study of the Fiction" is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended acquisition selection for college and university library Hermeneutic Literary Studies collections in general, and Stephen King supplemental studies lists in particular. This well organized and presented curriculum style textbook would be a useful template for similar studies of other literary figures.