Article
Adaptationist Literary Study: An Emerging Research Program
Style
(2002)
Abstract
Adaptationist literary study now constitutes a distinct school. Adaptationist literary critics believe that human nature consists in a complex set of behavioral and cognitive dispositions that have evolved through a process of natural selection, and they regard human nature as both the source and subject of literary representations. The author contrasts adaptationism with other ways of connecting evolution and literature, surveys publications in adaptationist literary study, and evaluates competing hypotheses about the adaptive function of the arts.
Disciplines
Publication Date
December 22, 2002
Citation Information
Joseph Carroll. "Adaptationist Literary Study: An Emerging Research Program" Style Vol. 36 Iss. 4 (2002) p. 596 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joseph-carroll/35/