@article {478,
	title = {Notes for an econarratological theory of character},
	journal = {Frontiers of Narrative Studies},
	volume = {4},
	year = {2018},
	month = {2018///},
	pages = {s172 - s189},
	abstract = {Scientists and scholars in multiple fields have been discussing the current geological epoch under the heading of the {\textquotedblleft}Anthropocene{\textquotedblright} {\textendash} an era marked by the planetary impact of human activities (Crutzen and Stoermer 2000). The epistemological shift brought about by this notion exposes the latent anthropocentrism of narrative practices, raising a challenge taken up by narrative theorists such as Erin James (2015) and Alexa Weik von Mossner (2017) in the context of an {\textquotedblleft}econarratology.{\textquotedblright} In this article, I examine the prime suspect for anthropocentrism in narrative {\textendash} namely, the notion of character as intrinsically human-like. My point of departure is A. J. Greimas{\textquoteright}s (1976) actantial model of narrative, which I revisit and revise in light of work in the field of ecolinguistics (Goatly 1996). I thus explore five strategies through which narrative may integrate nonhuman characters that challenge both anthropocentrism and the subject-object binary that anthropocentrism entails. I exemplify these strategies by discussing contemporary novels that deal with the Anthropocenic entanglement of humanity and the nonhuman world.},
	keywords = {Anthropocene, Contemporary fiction, Ecocriticism, narrative, Nonhuman},
	isbn = {2509-4882},
	url = {https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/fns.2018.4.issue-s1/fns-2018-0037/fns-2018-0037.xml?format=INT},
	author = {Caracciolo, Marco}
}
@article {grishakova_notes_2016,
	title = {Notes on narrative, cognition, and cultural evolution},
	journal = {Sign Systems Studies},
	volume = {44},
	number = {4},
	year = {2016},
	note = {00000},
	month = {dec},
	pages = {542{\textendash}561},
	abstract = {Drawing on non-Darwinian cultural-evolutionary approaches, the paper develops a broad, non-representational perspective on narrative, necessary to account for the narrative {\textquotedblleft}ubiquity{\textquotedblright} hypothesis. It considers narrativity as a feature of intelligent behaviour and as a formative principle of symbolic representation ({\textquotedblleft}narrative proclivity{\textquotedblright}). The narrative representation retains a relationship with the {\textquotedblleft}primary{\textquotedblright} pre-symbolic narrativity of the basic orientational-interpretive (semiotic) behaviour affected by perceptually salient objects and {\textquotedblleft}fits{\textquotedblright} in natural environments. The paper distinguishes between implicit narrativity (as the basic form of perceptual-cognitive mapping) of intelligent behaviour or non-narrative media, and the {\textquotedblleft}narrative{\textquotedblright} as a symbolic representation. Human perceptual-attentional routines are enhanced by symbolic representations: due to its attention-monitoring and information-gathering function, narrative serves as a cognitive-exploratory tool facilitating cultural dynamics. The rise of new media and mass communication on the Web has thrown the ability of narrative to shape the public sphere through the ongoing process of negotiated sensemaking and interpretation in a particularly sharp relief.},
	keywords = {attention, cognition, complexity, cultural evolution, development, narrative, post-Darwinism, symbolic representation},
	issn = {17367409},
	doi = {10.12697/SSS.2016.44.4.04},
	url = {http://sss.ut.ee/index.php/sss/article/view/SSS.2016.44.4.04},
	author = {Grishakova, Marina and Sorokin, Siim}
}
