Reality and Truth in Literature
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Reality and Truth in Literature

From Ancient to Modern European Literary and Critical Discourse

  1. 229 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Reality and Truth in Literature

From Ancient to Modern European Literary and Critical Discourse

About this book

This study provides a critical survey of views on reality and truth in the realm of philosophy and literary theory. Its aim is to show how important it is to focus our critical attention on literature itself as a way of conveying a general view of totality of things, with special attention to human life and death, effort and suffering, success and failure. A work of literature and art does not characterize experience and knowledge as such, but rather the response of concrete characters to the problems of human existence and fate. The monograph deals with pre-modern philosophical reflection on reality and truth, with post-modern ways of representation of reality in myth, history, biography, autobiography and fiction, and with sublime perceptions of beauty, love and forgiveness. The views of the writers show that there are important differences in presenting reality and truth in relation to material and historical facts. But the most important distinction is in dealing with dimensions of true life of human persons in their ineffable feelings and ideas.

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Information

Publisher
V&R Unipress
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9783847100461
eBook ISBN
9783847000464
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Criticism History & Theory
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Body
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Foreword
  7. Preliminary Remark
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. Literary Types as a System of Communication, and Art as an Expression of Reality
  10. 2. Reality in Pre-Modern Philosophical Reflection on Art and in Literary Theory
  11. 3. Reality in Myth, History and Fiction
  12. 4. Reality and Fiction in Biography and Autobiography
  13. 5. Presentation of Values in Literature and in Religious Traditions
  14. 6. Representation of Beauty and Love in Literature and in Philosophical Reflections
  15. 7. Reality and Truth in the Search of Love in France Preeren’s The Baptism at the Savica
  16. Conclusion
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index of Names and Authors
  19. Index of Subjects