The structure of literary understanding

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The structure of literary understanding

Stein Haugom Olsen

(Cambridge paperback library)

Cambridge University Press, 1985

1st pbk. ed

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注記

First published 1978

Bibliography: p. 224-228

Includes index

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内容説明

How does a reader respond to a work of literature and how does he begin to evaluate it? Mr Olsen attempts to answer these and related questions. The book is in two parts. In the first three chapters, the author demolishes established theories that literature has a special language, provides a heightened insight into 'truth' and has emotion as its prime currency. In the remaining chapters Mr Olsen constructs and fully illustrates the theory that understanding of a work of literature comes in two complementary stages: first, judgements about the author's aesthetic intentions (interpretation); second, appreciation of the aesthetic qualities of the work (evaluation). At the end of his argument, attempting an answer to the question 'Why is literature important?', Mr Olsen characterizes literature as an institution and thus forges links with contemporary philosophy which sees all human action as ordered and defined by social institutions.

目次

  • 1. Literature and Language
  • 2. Literature and Emotion
  • 3. Literature and Truth
  • 4. The Structure of the Literary Response
  • 5. The Validation of Interpretative Conclusions
  • 6. Evaluation of Literary Works
  • 7. The Evaluation of Literary Practice.

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