HOMO NARRANS FINGENS

SOBRE A NATUREZA DA NOSSA APTIDÃO COM A FICÇÃO

Autores

  • Jean Machado Senhorinho Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/rel.v111i1.98130

Resumo

Este artigo apresenta a discussão corrente sobre se a nossa aptidão com a ficcionalização narrativa é uma adaptação natural ou se ela possui outra natureza (exaptacionista, tecnológica). A questão de fundo é que, talvez, a nossa espécie não tenha apenas sobrevivido à contrafactualidade peculiar da ficção, mas que a ficção tenha ajudado a nossa espécie a sobreviver. Promovendo uma abordagem crítica, esta proposta analisa pressupostos conceituais sobre a ficção envolvidos nessa discussão e alguns obstáculos para hipóteses adaptacionistas. Há um impasse sobre essas hipóteses. Atualmente, a nossa aptidão com a ficção é tratada por default como um subproduto evolutivo ou exaptação e, talvez, seja frutífero explorá-la conceitualmente como tecnológica.

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2026-03-02

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Machado Senhorinho, J. (2026). HOMO NARRANS FINGENS: SOBRE A NATUREZA DA NOSSA APTIDÃO COM A FICÇÃO. Revista Letras, 111(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/rel.v111i1.98130

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Dossiê Temático “Mente e narrativa”