Shaped by stories : the ethical power of narratives /

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Marshall Gregory begins with the premise that our lives are saturated with stories, ranging from magazines, books, films, television, and blogs to the words spoken by politicians, pastors, and teachers. He then explores the ethical implications of this universal human obsession with narratives.--Fro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gregory, Marshall W., 1940-2012
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, ©2009.
Temas:
English literature > Study and teaching.
American literature > Study and teaching.
Ethics in literature.
Literature and morals.
Littérature anglaise > Étude et enseignement.
Littérature américaine > Étude et enseignement.
Morale dans la littérature.
Littérature et morale.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Englisch
Literatur
Ethik
Verteltheorie.
Verhalen.
Ethische aspecten.
Englische Literatur > Ethik.
Englische Literatur > USA > Ethik.
Ethik > Englische Literatur.
Literatur > USA > Ethik.
Engelsk litteratur > studier och undervisning.
Etik i litteraturen.
Litteratur och moral.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reading for life
  • What is ethical agency, why should you care, and what do stories have to do with your ethical agency?
  • For good or ill: stories as ethical education
  • Stories and the ethics of experience
  • Judgment that bites, assent that risks
  • Story as companionship
  • Ethics of narrative in a practical vein: ethical invitations in Katherine Anne Porter's "The Grave"
  • Ethics of narrative in a practical vein once more: invitations to misogyny in James Thurber's "The Catbird Seat"
  • Ethical engagements over time: reading and rereading David Copperfield and Wuthering Heights
  • Postscript: Toward an ethical theory.

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