Aesthetics and Literature.

The Continuum Aesthetics series looks at the aesthetic questions and issues raised by all major art forms. Stimulating, engaging and highly readable, the series offers food for thought not only for students of aesthetics, but also for anyone with an interest in philosophy and the arts. Aesthetics an...

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Main Author: Davies, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007.
Series:Bloomsbury Aesthetics.
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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 The nature of literature; 2 What is a literary work?; The ontological issue; Textualism; Contextualist critiques of textualism; 3 The nature ofiction; Stylistic and semantic conceptions of fiction; Functional theories of fiction; True fictions; 4 Reading fiction (1):Truth in a story; Constraints on a theory of truth in fiction; 'Possible worlds' analyses of truth in fiction; Fictional truth and fictional authors; 5 Reading fiction (2): Interpreting literary works; Interpretation and the 'intentional fallacy'; Actual intentionalist' theories of interpretation. 
505 8 |a 'Uptake' theories of interpretationInterpretative pluralism and interpretative monism; 6 The nature of fictional characters; Philosophical problems with fictional characters; 'Meinongian' solutions; 'Russellian' solutions; Alternative strategies; 7 Literature and the emotions; The 'paradox of fiction'; The 'paradox of tragedy' and the 'paradox of horror'; 8 The cognitive value of literature; Literary cognitivism; The epistemological challenge to literary cognitivism; Fictional narratives and thought experiments; 9 Literature, morality, and society; The moral value of literature. 
505 8 |a Ethical value and artistic valueThe accountability of literature; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. 
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