What is it about?
Why do we spend so much of our lives in narrative? What is story? Shakespeare and Richard Powers serve as grounds to explore mimicry, play and evolution as integral parts of both biological systems and the narratives they foster.
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Why is it important?
We live lives in narrative, spending hours in front of pages and screens, or telling stories to friends or even ourselves. Yet, we scarcely seem to know what story is. A fundamental question in the study of literature ought to be, why do we humans have this impulse in the first place? Placing narrative at the center of the myriad conversations about complexity, network theory and evolution is the goal of this essay.
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This is a narrative work that investigates narrative itself. It is a piece that explores ideas abut identity, mimicry, play and consciousness as it relates to creativity and empathy. It is a playful essay that interrogates play.
Dr. Timothy Ryan Day
Saint Louis University
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This page is a summary of: With parted eye: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard Powers’ Orfeo, and Biosemiotics, Green Letters, September 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/14688417.2018.1512418.
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