Why are good writers so rare? An evolutionary perspective on literature

Evolutionary approaches to literature can take one of two directions. One is to ask what functions story-telling serves. The second is to ask what role cognitive mechanisms play in the production of story-telling. I argue that story-telling evolved as part of the group-bonding processes that are con...

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Autor principal: Dunbar, R
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Akadémiai Kiadó 2005
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