CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 03540002B2850
English Summary/英文概要： Human consciousness, long the province of literature, has lately come in for a remapping – even rediscovery – by the natural sciences, driven by developments in Artificial Intelligence, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology. But as the richest record we have of human consciousness, literature, David Lodge suggests, may offer a kind of knowledge about this phenomenon that is complementary, not opposed, to scientific knowledge. Writing with characteristic wit and brio, and employing the insight and acumen of a skilled novelist and critic, Lodge here explores the representation of human consciousness in fiction (mainly English and American) in the light of recent investigations in cognitive science, neuroscience, and related disciplines.How, Lodge asks, does the novel represent consciousness? And how has this changed over time? In a series of interconnected essays, he pursues this question down various paths: how does the novel’s method compare with that of other creative media such as film? How does the consciousness (and unconscious) of the creative writer do its work? And how can criticism infer the nature of this process through formal analysis?In essays on Charles Dickens, E.M. Forster, Evelyn Waugh, Kingsley and Martin Amis, Henry James, John Updike and Philip Roth, and in reflections on his own practice as a novelist, Lodge brings to light – and to engaging life – the technical, intellectual and sometimes simply mysterious workings of the creative mind.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 随着人工智能、神经科学和进化论等一系列新兴科技的发展,我们对人脑的意识有了全新的认识,这些纯属自然科学领域的新发展被作者创造性用来解释文学作品,书中对狄更斯、福斯特、本*金斯利、亨利*詹姆斯、约翰*厄普代克等多位作家的作品进行了研究,应用认识科学和神经科学的成果,探讨人类意识在文学作品中的 体现.
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About the Author/作者介绍： 戴维·洛奇(David Lodge, 1935— )是一位享有世界声誉的英国小说家兼文学批评家。他从1960年发表作品,至今已有11部长篇小说问世,它们被翻译成了25种文字在全球各地出版。《小世界》等作品中译本的出版使他在中国，特别是在中国知识界广为人知。他的小说以机智诙谐的语言、有趣的构思、各种传统和新潮小说技法的灵活运用,受到了包括普通读者、知识分子和批评家在内的广大读者的喜爱。
戴维·洛奇1935年生于伦敦，先后就读于伦敦大学和伯明翰大学，获博士学位。从1960年至1987年一直在伯明翰大学英语系任教。1987年提前退休成为专业作家，但仍为伯明翰大学荣誉教授，并一直担任英国皇家文学会会员。
作为身兼二职的学者型作家，戴维·洛奇总是试图在小说中反映学术界的各种现象。他的最著名的小说几乎都是以知识分子（校园内外的教授与学生）为主要人物，以学术、文化界写作背景的。他的著名的“校园三部曲”可谓这方面的代表，这三部小说——《换位》、《小世界》和《美好的工作》具有互文关系，反映的基本上是与学术界相关的故事。
DAVID LODGE 的作品还包括《治疗》和最近的《思索》等,以及一系列的文学评论,如《小说的艺术》和《写作的技巧》。
David Lodge’s novels include Changing Places, Small World, Nice Work, Therapy and, most recently, Thinks…. He has also written several books of literary criticism and has edited classic novels and anthologies of criticism, including Twentieth Century Literary Criticism and Modern Criticism and Theory.
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