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Jan 31, 2023 · The role of the fictional novel is a means of making sense of reality and the relationship of the individual’s inner world to his or her external realities. Vuyk (2015: 226–227), in unpacking the effects of a novel in a political sense, states that:
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Jul 5, 2022 · See Berinsky and Kinder (2006) “Making Sense of Issues through Media Frames: Understanding the Kosovo Crisis.” See Braddock and Dillard (2016) “Meta-Analytic Evidence for the Persuasive Effect of Narratives on Beliefs, Attitudes, Intentions, and Behaviors.” And Pennington and Hastie (1992) “Explaining the Evidence: Tests of the Story ...
Mar 24, 2016 · Abstract. This essay approaches the topic of the political impact of the novel from an unconventional angle. It argues that this impact, recently discussed by philosophers like Richard Rorty and Martha Nussbaum, should be considered the result of a special feature of this genre, namely that the novel is read solitarily and in silence.
- Kees Vuyk
- 2015
Aug 3, 2020 · Each novel works, or doesn’t work, on its own terms. It seems that more political novels get written, published (and translated into English) during insecure times. In the 1930s, another politically fraught period, the idea that writers should be socially committed was widespread. To give a few examples: Joseph Roth’s Radetzky March (1932 ...
Aug 19, 2022 · Some of my favorite novels are political novels (not in the sense that they exist to convey a political message, but rather that they describe political situations). What I am saying is that stories about political systems or social struggle are most poignant and effective when they acknowledge that we are all up against such harsh mystery whether we are a powerful statesman or a poor child.
- Mary Gaitskill
Feb 4, 2021 · The political fiction of the 2020s isn’t the same thing as the political fiction of the 1980s. Some books might resonate; others might no longer apply. One that does feel deeply suited to the present moment is B.R. Yeager’s Negative Space. Yeager’s novel follows a group of young adults in a Massachusetts town beset by strange occurrences.
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In the narrowest sense, the political novel is a work of fiction that deals with politicians and the political process. In this category, Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men (1946) and ...
