An eliminativist theory of suspense
Philosophy and Literature 35 (1):121-133 (2011)
| Abstract | Motivating philosophical interest in the notion of suspense requires comparatively little appeal to what goes on in our ordinary work-a-day lives. After all, with respect to our everyday engagements with the actual world suspense appears to be largely absent—most of us seem to lead lives relatively suspense-free. The notion of suspense strikes us as interesting largely because of its significance with respect to our engagements with (largely fictional) narratives. So, when I indicate a preference for suspense novels, I indicate a preference not only for reading novels with certain narrative structures or content but for novels that in virtue of their narrative structure or content, when properly engaged, evoke a .. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Suspense Emotion Fiction Paradox of Suspense Aaron Smuts Robert Yanal | |||||||||
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