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Narrative Dimensions of Philosophy

A Semiotic Exploration of the Work of Merleau-Ponty, Kierkegaard and Austin

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  • © 2006

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  1. Sky Marsen

    1. Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Language, Knowledge and Reality

    • Sky Marsen
    Pages 1-22

  3. The Narrative Framework

    • Sky Marsen
    Pages 23-59

  4. Textual Dimensions and Narrator Roles

    • Sky Marsen
    Pages 60-94

  5. The Meaning in Existence: Freedom through Action in Merleau-Ponty’s World

    • Sky Marsen
    Pages 95-122

  6. Presupposed Worlds

    • Sky Marsen
    Pages 123-142

  7. The Return of the Hero: Embodied Identity in Kierkegaard’s World

    • Sky Marsen
    Pages 143-162

  8. The Winner’s Game: Out and About in Austin’s World

    • Sky Marsen
    Pages 163-177

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 178-192
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About this book

That knowledge about the world and self is imparted through narrative is widely accepted; the techniques used to construct this knowledge have received less attention. This book uses a semiotic methodology to analyze works by Merleau-Ponty, Kierkegaard and Austin, and explore how conceptualizations of reality are formed through narrative strategy.

Reviews

'Sky Marsen, a lecturer in language studies who has published on professional writing and communication studies, proves herself a strikingly broad-ranged scholar with the publication of this work.' - Robert Ó'Móchain, Discourse Studies

Authors and Affiliations

  • Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

    Sky Marsen

About the author

SKY MARSEN is Lecturer in Language Studies and Acting Director of the Writing Programme in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She has lectured internationally in various areas of text analysis and semiotics and has published scholarly research in writing strategy, pragmatics and the semiotic analysis of film, as well as textbooks in professional writing and in communication studies. Her research interests include semiotics, narratology and the philosophy of language. She is author of Professional Writing: The Complete Guide for Business, Industry and IT.

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