"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 realize 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.

About the Author
Dr. Susanne Knaller ist seit 2002 Professorin fA"r Romanistik und Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft an der UniversitAt Graz.


Book Information
ISBN 9783837662719
Author Susanne Knaller
Format Paperback
Page Count 330
Imprint Transcript Verlag
Publisher Transcript Verlag
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 23mm * 15mm * 2mm