Cause and Effect in Fiction

Author:   Frances Howard-Snyder
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2024
ISBN:  

9783031527111


Pages:   103
Publication Date:   04 April 2024
Format:   Hardback
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This book explores and defends George Saunders’ causal thesis that successful stories are those that establish causation well. The book includes an in-depth discussion of causation’s role in several different key craft elements of fiction writing and examines different theories of causation and their implications for causation in fiction. Other discussions include the role of causation in building suspense, character and causation, causation in dialogue and connections between fiction and counterfactuals (or hypotheticals). The book also considers a number of objections to the causal thesis and offers a reply.

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Author:   Frances Howard-Snyder
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2024
ISBN:  

9783031527111


ISBN 10:   3031527119
Pages:   103
Publication Date:   04 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Cause and Effect in Fiction: An Introduction.- 2. Causation and Causation in Fiction.- 3. Cause and Effect in Plot.- 4. Cause and Effect in Character.- 5. Cause and Effect in Setting.- 6. Cause and Effect in Dialogue.- 7. Cause and Effect in Theme.- 8. Cause and Effect, Counterfactuals, and the Role of Fiction in our Psychic Lives.- 9. Objections and Replies.

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Frances Howard-Snyder is a Philosophy Professor at Western Washington University and has co-authored a logic textbook. She has also published numerous articles on ethics and philosophy of religion. She has an MFA from the Rainier Writing Workshop, and has published stories in The Magnolia Review, Silver Pen, Halfway Down the Stairs, as well as other publications. For more information, see franceshowardsnyder.com.

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