【文学哲学导论】Philosophy.of.Literature.An.Introduction.Mar.1999

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1、PHILOSOPHYOFLITERATURE‘Thisisanintelligent,scrupulouslyfair-minded,closelyarguedtreatmentofcentraltopicsinthephilosophyofliterature.Itwillundoubtedlyserveasahelpfulintroductiontothisareaforbothphilosophyandliteratureundergraduates.’ProfessorPeterLamarque,UniversityofHullLiteratureisa

2、disciplinewhichposesitsowncharacteristicphilosophicalquestions.Literarytheoristshavebeenprimarilyengagedwithdiscussionsofthenatureofliterature,while‘analytic’philosophershaveaddressedliteraryproblemswithintheframeworkofaesthetics,orinamannerwhichisaccessibleonlytoaphilosophicalaudien

3、ce.Thepresentbookredressesthebalancebyexaminingissuesinthephilosophyofliteraturefromananalyticstandpointaccessibletobothstudentsofliteratureandstudentsofphilosophy.Thebookdiscussesdefinitionsofliterature,thedistinctionbetweenoralandwrittenliteratureandtheidentityofliteraryworks.Theau

4、thoroffersawide-rangingdiscussionofthenatureoffiction,inwhichbothironyandnon-literaryfictionsareanalysed.Anexaminationofouremotionalinvolvementwithfictionalcharactersandevents,followedbyadiscussionoftheconceptofimaginationasanessentialfactorinourapprehensionofliteraryworks.Variousthe

5、oriesofmetaphorarethenconsidered,andpostmodernisttheoriesofauthorshipdiscussed.Issuesabouttruthandmoralityinliteraturearealsoraised.Finally,thebookaskswhetherliteraryappraisalsareobjectiveorsubjectiveandproposesaqualifiedsubjectiveview.Thebookpresupposesnophilosophicalknowledgeinther

6、eader,isfreeofjargonandsetsoutproblemsandsolutionsinaclearandaccessibleway.Atthesametime,itofferfreshapproachestotraditionalproblemsandraisesnewissuesinthephilosophyofliterature.ChristopherNewisformerHeadoftheDepartmentofPhilosophyattheUniversityofHongKong.Heisalsotheauthorofanumbero

7、fnovels.PHILOSOPHYOFLITERATUREAnIntroductionChristopherNewLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished1999byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001ThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2001.©1999Christophe

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