Fantasy and mimesis : responses to reality in Western literature
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Fantasy and mimesis : responses to reality in Western literature
（Routledge revivals）
Routledge, 2014
- : pbk
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"First published in 1984 by Methuen"--T.p. verso
Includes index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Since Plato and Aristotle's declaration of the essence of literature as imitation, western narrative has been traditionally discussed in mimetic terms. Marginalized fantasy- the deliberate from reality - has become the hidden face of fiction, identified by most critics as a minor genre. First published in 1984, this book rejects generic definitions of fantasy, arguing that it is not a separate or even separable strain in literary practice, but rather an impulse as significant as that of mimesis. Together, fantasy and mimesis are the twin impulses behind literary creation. In an analysis that ranges from the Icelandic sagas to science fiction, from Malory to pulp romance, Kathryn Hume systematically examines the various ways in which fantasy and mimesis contribute to literary representations of reality.
A detailed and comprehensive title, this reissue will be of particular value to undergraduate literature students with an interest in in literary genres and the centrality of literature to the creative imagination.
目次
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Part I: Literature and the representation of reality: a new approach to fantasy and mimesis Introduction 1. Critical approaches to fantasy 2. Historical perspectives on fantasy and realism
- Part II: Responses to reality: how is fantasy used? Introduction 3. Literature of illusion: invitations to escape reality 4. Literature of vision: introducing new realities 5. Literature of revision: programs for improving reality 6. Literature of disillusion: making reality unknowable
- Part III: The functions of fantasy: why use fantasy? Introduction 7. Fantasy as a function of form 8. The problem of meaning and the power of fantasy
- Notes
- Index
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