In this illuminating essay, Neil Bissoondath explores the powerful influence exerted by narrative on the human psyche. Storytelling is a primary activity in the human experience. The stories that we tell ourselves, as well as those we hear from others, help to answer the question of who we are, "as individuals, as familial beings, as social beings." On a deeper level, stories are also subtle forms of confession. They reveal our dreams and desires, our fears and fantasies, our hurts and pleasures. Sifting through history, ...
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In this illuminating essay, Neil Bissoondath explores the powerful influence exerted by narrative on the human psyche. Storytelling is a primary activity in the human experience. The stories that we tell ourselves, as well as those we hear from others, help to answer the question of who we are, "as individuals, as familial beings, as social beings." On a deeper level, stories are also subtle forms of confession. They reveal our dreams and desires, our fears and fantasies, our hurts and pleasures. Sifting through history, Bissoondath examines how governments, both totalitarian and democratic, have sought to control and to simplify narrative. Novelists, to different and contradictory ends, have used narrative as a sphere of exploration and discovery, where questions are numerous and answers are rare. Fiction, suggests Bissoondath, is a subtle, yet powerful narrative form, unsurpassed in its ability to confirm human complexity and to affirm human existence. Dans cet essai �difiant, Neil Bissoondath explore la puissante influence qu'exerce la narration sur la psych� humaine. Raconter des histoires est une activit� primordiale dans l'exp�rience humaine. Les histoires que nous-m�mes racontons, de m�me que celles que nous entendons raconter par d'autres, nous aident � r�pondre � la question de savoir qui nous sommes "en tant que personnes, en tant que membres d'une famille, en tant qu'�tres sociables". � un niveau plus profond, les histoires sont aussi une forme subtile de confessions. Elles r�v�lent nos r�ves et nos d�sirs, nos peurs et nos fantasmes, ce qui nous blesse ou nous fait plaisir. Puisant des exemples dans l'histoire, Bissoondath examine comment les gouvernements, tant totalitaires que d�mocratiques, ont cherch� � contr�ler et � simplifier la narration. Les romanciers, quant � eux, ont utilis� la narration � des fins diff�rentes et contradictoires comme une sph�re d'exploration et de d�couvertes, o� les questions sont nombreuses et o� les r�ponses sont rares. Bissoondath sugg�re que la fiction est une forme de narration subtile mais n�anmoins puissante, qui est sans �gale dans sa capacit� � confirmer la complexit� des hommes et � affirmer l'existence humaine.
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