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Writing Facts

Interdisciplinary Discussions of a Key Concept in Modernity
Series: Lettre
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Writing Facts explores the vital role of the concept of 'fact' in modern arts and sciences. Susanne Knaller examines how facts influence aesthetic models and knowledge systems, revealing the intricate processes behind writing as a means to create and comprehend facts. The book delves into preparatory techniques, formal choices, argumentation models, and narrative structures, demonstrating that facts emerge from a blend of knowledge, rules, description, and storytelling. This insightful volume offers fresh perspectives on the significance of facts in shaping modernity.
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New perspectives on one of the most crucial inventions and concepts of modern times.

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Fact is one of the most crucial inventions of modern times. Susanne Knaller discusses the functions of this powerful notion in the arts and the sciences, its impact on aesthetic models and systems of knowledge.

The practice of writing provides an effective procedure to realise and to understand facts. This concerns preparatory procedures, formal choices, models of argumentation and narrative patterns.

By considering writing facts and writing facts, the volume shows why and how facts are a result of knowledge, rules, and norms, as well as of description, argumentation, and narration. This approach allows new perspectives on fact and its impact on modernity.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783837662719

Publisher: Transcript Verlag

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 January 2023

Country: Germany

Imprint: Transcript Verlag

Contributors:

  • Edited by Susanne Knaller

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 2.0mm

Width: 15.0mm

Height: 23.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 330

About the Author

Susanne Knaller (Prof. Dr. phil.) lehrt Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft sowie Kulturwissenschaft an der Karl-Franzens-Universitรคt Graz und ist Leiterin des dortigen Zentrums fรผr Kulturwissenschaften. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Theorien und Geschichte von Authentizitรคt, Realitรคtskonzepte in der Moderne sowie Schreib- und Emotionsforschung.

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