Joseph Carroll
List of John Benjamins publications for which Joseph Carroll plays a role.
Articles
2013 A rationale for evolutionary studies of literature Scientific Study of Literature 3:1, pp. 8–15 | Article
I identify converging lines of evidence for the proposition that the human mind has evolved, argue that the evolved character of the mind influences the products of the mind, including literature, and conclude that scholarly and scientific commentary on literature would benefit from being… read more
2012 Graphing Jane Austen: Agonistic structure in British novels of the nineteenth century Scientific Study of Literature 2:1, pp. 1–24 | Article
Building on findings in evolutionary psychology, we constructed a model of human nature and used it to illuminate the evolved psychology that shapes the organization of characters in nineteenth-century British novels. Characters were rated on the web by 519 scholars and students of Victorian… read more