In the hands of culture warriors, stories have become weaponized. It’s difficult to figure out how we should fight back.
Tag Archives: narratology
To Understand Your Life, Read Novels
Theorist Peter Brooks contends that it is through novels that we find shape and meaning to our lives.
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The Usefulness of “Let’s Pretend”
In “Seduced by Story,” Brooks challenges the idea that literature is meant to be useful. Instead, he says, it resembles play (and then acknowledges that play itself is useful).
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