Download or read book Thinking Narratively written by Massimo Fusillo and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-07-18 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the connection between philosophical enquiries and storytelling in contemporary narrative? Is it possible to outline some features of a so-called philosophical fiction in Western literature throughout the last two centuries? This book aims to provide a plural answer, hosting extensive essays by seven young researchers coming from different fields (Theory of literature, German, American, Russian and Italian contemporary literature, history and evolution of the essayistic form). A short The volume is addressed to all those with a strong interest in both evolution of philosophical speech and history of the novel and has a strong vocation to promote interdisciplinarity in literary studies.