001478802 000__ 05314nam\a22008175i\4500 001478802 001__ 1478802 001478802 003__ DE-B1597 001478802 005__ 20231026034957.0 001478802 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001478802 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001478802 008__ 230808t20102009mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001478802 020__ $$a9780674053595 001478802 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674053595$$2doi 001478802 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)571757 001478802 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1294425814 001478802 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001478802 0410_ $$aeng 001478802 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001478802 072_7 $$aLIT006000$$2bisacsh 001478802 08204 $$a809.3$$222 001478802 1001_ $$aBoyd, Brian, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001478802 24510 $$aOn the Origin of Stories :$$bEvolution, Cognition, and Fiction /$$cBrian Boyd. 001478802 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2010] 001478802 264_4 $$c©2009 001478802 300__ $$a1 online resource (560 p.) 001478802 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001478802 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001478802 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001478802 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001478802 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tCONTENTS -- $$tIllustrations -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIntroduction: Animal, Human, Art, Story -- $$tBook I Evolution, art, and fiction -- $$tIntroduction -- $$tPart 1 Evolution and Nature -- $$tPart 2 Evolution and Art -- $$tPart 3 Evolution and Fiction -- $$tBook II From Zeus to Seuss: origins of stories -- $$tIntroduction -- $$tPart 4 Phylogeny: The Odyssey -- $$tPart 5 Ontogeny: Horton Hears a Who! -- $$tConclusion. Retrospect and Prospects: Evolution, Literature, Criticism -- $$tAfterword. Evolution, Art, Story, Purpose -- $$tNotes -- $$tBibliography -- $$tIndex 001478802 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001478802 520__ $$aA century and a half after the publication of Origin of Species, evolutionary thinking has expanded beyond the field of biology to include virtually all human-related subjects-anthropology, archeology, psychology, economics, religion, morality, politics, culture, and art. Now a distinguished scholar offers the first comprehensive account of the evolutionary origins of art and storytelling. Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories, how our minds are shaped to understand them, and what difference an evolutionary understanding of human nature makes to stories we love. Art is a specifically human adaptation, Boyd argues. It offers tangible advantages for human survival, and it derives from play, itself an adaptation widespread among more intelligent animals. More particularly, our fondness for storytelling has sharpened social cognition, encouraged cooperation, and fostered creativity. After considering art as adaptation, Boyd examines Homer's Odyssey and Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who! demonstrating how an evolutionary lens can offer new understanding and appreciation of specific works. What triggers our emotional engagement with these works? What patterns facilitate our responses? The need to hold an audience's attention, Boyd underscores, is the fundamental problem facing all storytellers. Enduring artists arrive at solutions that appeal to cognitive universals: an insight out of step with contemporary criticism, which obscures both the individual and universal. Published for the bicentenary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of Origin of Species, Boyd's study embraces a Darwinian view of human nature and art, and offers a credo for a new humanism. 001478802 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001478802 546__ $$aIn English. 001478802 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. 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