The Routledge handbook of fiction and belief / edited by Alison James, Akihiro Kubo, and Françoise Lavocat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

James, Alison (Alison Siân), 1976- editor.

Kubo, Akihiro, 1973- editor.

Lavocat, Françoise, editor.

Series:

Routledge literature handbooks.

Routledge literature handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction--Religious aspects.

Science fiction.

Religion and literature.

Religion in literature.

Paranormal fiction--Themes, motives.

Paranormal fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 500 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, [2024]

Summary:

"The Routledge Handbook of Fiction and Belief offers a fresh reevaluation of the relationship between fiction and belief, surveying key debates and perspectives from a range of disciplines including narrative and cultural studies, science, religion, and politics. This volume draws on global, cutting edge research and theory to investigate the historically variable understandings of fictionality, and allows readers to grasp the role of fictions in our understanding of the world. This interdisciplinary approach provides a thorough introduction to the fundamental themes of: Theoretical and Philosophical Perspectives on Fiction Fiction, Fact, and Science Social Effects and Uses of Fiction Fiction and Politics Fiction and Religion Questioning how fictions in fact shape, mediate or distort our beliefs about the real world, essays in this volume outline the state of theoretical debates from the perspectives of literary theory, philosophy, sociology, religious studies, history, and the cognitive sciences. It aims to take stock of the real or supposed effects that fiction has on the world, and to offer a wide-reaching reflection on the implications of belief in fictions in the so-called post-truth era"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Belief, imagination, and the nature of fiction / Stacie Friend

The "willing suspension of disbelief' : the long history of a short phrase / Nicholas D. Paige

The fictionality of garnes and the ludie nature of fiction : make-believe, immersion, play / Marie-Laure Ryan

Fictional emotions and belief / Eva-Maria Konrad

Fictional characters and belief / Thomas Pavel

Fictionality, the zone of generic fiction, and the allure of unreliable narration / James Phelan

Beliefls a mess. That makes it good for fiction. (A perspective from cognitive literary theory) / Lisa Zunshine

Fiction and historiography / Annick Louis

Fiction and scientific knowledge / Adam Toon

Leaming from fiction / Gregory Currie, Heather Ferguson, Jacopo Frascaroli, Stacie Friend, Kayleigh Green, and Lena Wimmer

Do fictions impact people's beliefs? A critical View / Edgar Dubourg and Nicolas Baumard

The impact of fiction on beliefs about gender / Vera Nunning

Implicit bias, fiction, and belief / Kris Goffin and Agnes Moors

Children's ideas about stories and about reality / Ayse Payir and Paul L. Harris

From suspension of disbelief to production of belief : the case of alternate reality games / Patrick Jagoda

Interactive environments and fictional engagement / Olivier Caira

Fake news and fictional news / Jessica Pepp, Rachel Sterken, and Eliot Michaelson

Trust, credulity, and speech / Philippe Roussin

Literature on credit : fiction and the fiduciary paradigm / Emmanuel Bouju and Loise Leleve

Fifth-generation fictionality? Fiction, politics, war / Henrik Zetterberg-Nielsen

Uses of fantasy fiction in contemporary political mobilization / Anne Besson

Fiction, belief, and postcolonial criticism / Alok Yadav

Can fictions predict the future? / Anne Duprat

Dystopian fictions and contemporary fears / Jean-Paul Engelibert

Fiction, belief, and climate change : paratexts, skeptics, and objects of care / Erin James

Greek mythology : discourse, belief, and ritual action / Claude Calame

Fiction and belief : approaching medieval Latin Christendom / Julie Orlemanski

Literary fictions, "fables," and unbelief in the West / Nicolas Correard

Saints, between faith, belief, and fiction / Barbara Selmeci Castioni

The role of fiction in Buddhist hagiography : the case of Shinran / Markus Rusch

Fiction and belief in ancient and early medieval India / Isabelle Ratie

Fiction, religion, and premodem Arab-Islamic literature (eighth-eighteenth centuries) / Aboubakr Chraibi

Fiction against belief and belief in fiction in modem and contemporary Arabic literature / Eve de Dampierre-Noiray

On Jewish fiction and belief : duplicity, parables, confession / Sarah Hammerschlag

Religious uses of fantasy fiction / Markus Altena Davidsen

Fake cults, hyper-real religions, virtual beliefs at the crossroads of fiction, the sacred, and technology / Lionel Obadia

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003119456

100311945X

9781000993271

1000993272

OCLC:

1407347865