Geography of the Narrative Self in Stuart Turton’s The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://absa.upce.cz/index.php/absa/article/view/2782/2420" target="_blank" >https://absa.upce.cz/index.php/absa/article/view/2782/2420</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.46585/absa.2025.18.2782" target="_blank" >10.46585/absa.2025.18.2782</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Geography of the Narrative Self in Stuart Turton’s The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper examines how Stuart Turton’s The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (2018) engages in ongoing debates concerning embodied consciousness and personal identity yet to be resolved by current theories linking mind and body. The analysis integrates a neuroscientific approach (Greenfield), narrative self theory (Dennett, Schechtman), pre-narrative self-consciousness (Zahavi), embodied narrative (Brandon), transpersonal psychology (Grof), and Eastern philosophical concepts (Blackmore, Watts) with close textual analysis to study how Turton’s protagonist navigates self-definition across multiple bodily experiences. His behaviour and actions are influenced by emotions, skills and reasoning that he perceives as temporarily acquired from the body and mind of his current ‘host’. Although initially it may appear paradoxical, Turton’s narrative constructs a complex geography of personal identity, suggesting that consciousness persists independently of specific embodiment, while remaining fundamentally shaped by bodily experience. This paper examines the capacity of speculative fiction to engage with philosophical problems of the mind-body relationship and to advocate for alternative approaches to selfhood and embodied consciousness.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Geography of the Narrative Self in Stuart Turton’s The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper examines how Stuart Turton’s The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (2018) engages in ongoing debates concerning embodied consciousness and personal identity yet to be resolved by current theories linking mind and body. The analysis integrates a neuroscientific approach (Greenfield), narrative self theory (Dennett, Schechtman), pre-narrative self-consciousness (Zahavi), embodied narrative (Brandon), transpersonal psychology (Grof), and Eastern philosophical concepts (Blackmore, Watts) with close textual analysis to study how Turton’s protagonist navigates self-definition across multiple bodily experiences. His behaviour and actions are influenced by emotions, skills and reasoning that he perceives as temporarily acquired from the body and mind of his current ‘host’. Although initially it may appear paradoxical, Turton’s narrative constructs a complex geography of personal identity, suggesting that consciousness persists independently of specific embodiment, while remaining fundamentally shaped by bodily experience. This paper examines the capacity of speculative fiction to engage with philosophical problems of the mind-body relationship and to advocate for alternative approaches to selfhood and embodied consciousness.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60206 - Specific literatures

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA25-16501S" target="_blank" >GA25-16501S: Britská a americká detektivní próza pohledem konceptu ne-místa</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

American and British Studies Annual

ISSN

1803-6058

e-ISSN

2788-2233

Svazek periodika

18

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

prosinec

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

125-140

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105025123746