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Homo Narrans

  • Eva von Contzen (author)
Chapter of: Burn after Reading: Vol. 1, Miniature Manifestos for a Post/medieval Studies + Vol. 2, The Future We Want: A Collaboration(pp. 109–111)

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TitleHomo Narrans
ContributorEva von Contzen (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.21983/P3.0067.1.23
Landing pagehttps://punctumbooks.com/titles/burn-after-reading/
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Copyrightvon Contzen, Eva
Publisherpunctum books
Published on2014-04-28
Long abstractMy title is borrowed from a book by John D. Niles on the pervasiveness of storytelling among human beings.1 Niles investigates oral literature from both an anthropological and a cultural perspective and demonstrates its socio-cultural grounding and significance. We think in stories and narrativize our experiences in the world. We trans-form objects, natural processes, and unrelated occurrenc-es into narratives by establishing links of coherence and causality, by adding personification and anthropomor-phism, and by projecting feelings onto that which sur-rounds us. We tell stories to soothe, to debate, to invite response, to strengthen friendship, to remember, to argue, to bond, and to define our identity―the list could be extended endlessly, so manifold are the reasons and mo-tivations behind the storytelling impulse.
Page rangepp. 109–111
Print length3 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
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