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100	1		_aGottschall, Jonathan
245	1	4	_aThe storytelling animal : _bhow stories make us human _cby Jonathan Gottschall
260			_aNew York : _bMariner Books, _c©2012
300			_axvii, 248 p. : _bill. ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. ;215]-230) and index.
505			_t1.The Witchery of Story _t2.The Riddle of Fiction _t3.Hell Is Story-Friendly _t4.Night Story _t5.The Mind Is a Storyteller _t6.The Moral of the Story _t7.Ink People Change the World _t8.Life Stories _t9.The Future of Story.
520			_aHumans live in landscapes of make-believe. We spin fantasies. We devour novels, films, and plays. Even sporting events and criminal trials unfold as narratives. Yet the world of story has long remained an undiscovered and unmapped country. It's easy to say that humans are "wired" for story, but why'In this delightful and original book, Jonathan Gottschall offers the first unified theory of storytelling. He argues that stories help us navigate life's complex social problems-just as flight simulators prepare pilots for difficult situations. Storytelling has evolved, like other behaviors, to ensure our survival. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience, psychology, and evolutionary biology, Gottschall tells us what it means to be a storytelling animal. Did you know that the more absorbed you are in a story, the more it changes your behavior' That all children act out the same kinds of stories, whether they grow up in a slum or a suburb' That people who read more fiction are more empathetic'Of course, our story instinct has a darker side. It makes us vulnerable to conspiracy theories, advertisements, and narratives about ourselves that are more "truthy" than true. National myths can also be terribly dangerous: Hitler's ambitions were partly fueled by a story. But as Gottschall shows in this remarkable book, stories can also change the world for the better. Most successful stories are moral-they teach us how to live, whether explicitly or implicitly, and bind us together around common values. We know we are master shapers of story. The Storytelling Animal finally reveals how stories shape us. Collapse summary
650		0	_aStorytelling.
650		0	_aLiterature and science.
650		0	_a Aspects psychologiques.
650		0	_a Psychological aspects.
650		0	_aSciences cognitives.
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