书目名称 | Essays in Literary Aesthetics |
编辑 | Ranjan K. Ghosh |
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概述 | Clear, crisp, and lucid style promises to engage the reader with the main issues underlying contemporary literary criticism and appreciation.Presents a critique of many of the ideas advanced by the an |
丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Philosophy |
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描述 | .The book deals with philosophical issues concerning the understanding of the literary text and its distinctive nature, meaning, and relevance to life. It also provides an occasion to revisit many of the seminal ideas towards these ends by contextualizing them in the current ongoing philosophical discourse on art, in general, and literary art, in particular. Some of the questions addressed in this book are: What is a literary text? What do we understand by the concept of intention in the context of literary arts? Are the feelings experienced in a literary text .real.? What then is the sense of “truth” in literature which is fictional in character? What relevance do moral concerns and perceptions have in appreciation of the literary text? These are some of the seminal questions that are dealt with by critically responding to views of contemporary thinkers. In short, the book makes an attempt to provide a critical overview of contemporary debates and discussionsof literary aesthetics mainly from a Western analytical perspective. The author argues that understanding a literary text is not a .purely. cognitive exercise; on the contrary, we experience aesthetic meaning or truth in te |
出版日期 | Book 2018 |
关键词 | opposition between literature and philosophy; analytic aesthetics; language and logic of literary crit |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2460-4 |
isbn_softcover | 978-981-13-2459-8 |
isbn_ebook | 978-981-13-2460-4Series ISSN 2211-4548 Series E-ISSN 2211-4556 |
issn_series | 2211-4548 |
copyright | The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018 |