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Evolutionary psychology is an important and rapidly expanding area in the life, social, and behavioral sciences, and this Handbook represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference text in the field today. Chapters in this Handbook address theory and research that integrates evolutionary psychology with other life, social, and behavioral sciences, as well as with the humanities. The SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students in all areas of psychology, and in related disciplines across the life, social, and behavioral sciences. Part 1: Integration within Psychology; Part 2: Integration with other Life, Social, and Behavioral Sciences; and Part 3: Integration with the Humanities.
Evolutionary Literary Theory
Evolutionary Literary Theory
Introduction: Studying Literary Meaning
Evolutionary literary theorists treat literature as a product of the evolved human mind. That core premise sets them apart from non-evolutionary literary theorists, but it provides only their most general theoretical ground. After positing that literature is produced by the human mind, and that the human mind is structured by evolved dispositions, literary theorists still face many unanswered questions about their subject: the mental experiences of people who construct and consume verbally conveyed fictional experiences. Literature portrays fictional humans (or human-like characters) from the perspective of authors, as interpreted by readers. The minds of authors and readers are lodged in particular cultural settings, and the fictional minds of characters may ...
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