The Transformative Power of Literature and Narrative: Promoting Positive Change

The Transformative Power of Literature and Narrative: Promoting Positive Change
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Publisher : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
Total Pages : 327
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ISBN-10 : 9783823303893
ISBN-13 : 3823303899
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Book Synopsis The Transformative Power of Literature and Narrative: Promoting Positive Change by : Corinna Assmann

Download or read book The Transformative Power of Literature and Narrative: Promoting Positive Change written by Corinna Assmann and published by Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. This book was released on 2023-01-16 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrative plays a central role for individual and collective lives - this insight has arguably only grown at a time of multiple social and cultural challenges in the 21st century. The present volume aims to actualize and further substantiate the case for literature and narrative, taking inspiration from Vera NĂ¼nning's eminent scholarship over the past decades. Engaging with her formative interdisciplinary work, the volume seeks to explore potentials of change through the transformative power of literature and narrative - to be harnessed by individuals and groups as agents of positive change in today's world. The book is located at the intersection of cognitive and cultural narratology and is concerned with the way literature affects individuals, how it works at an intersubjective level, enabling communication and community, and how it furthers social and cultural change.


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