Avsenik Nabergoj Reality and Truth in Literature

From Ancient to Modern European Literary and Critical Discourse
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-3-8470-0046-4
Verlag: V&R unipress
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E-Book, Englisch, 229 Seiten

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.

Seit 2004 ist Dr. Irena Avsenik Nabergoj Forscherin am Wissenschaftlichen Forschungszentrum der Slowenischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste und an der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Ljubljana. Außerdem ist sie an der Universität Nova Gorica als Dozentin für slowenische und vergleichende Literatur und Literarkritik tätig. Im Mai 2011 ist sie zur außerordentlichen Professorin im Fach »Literatur« ernannt worden.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Avsenik Nabergoj, Irena

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturkritik: Hermeneutik und Interpretation
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Europäische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Title Page;3
2;Copyright;4
3;Table of Contents;5
4;Body;7
5;Acknowledgements;7
6;Foreword;11
7;Preliminary Remark;15
8;Introduction;19
9;1. Literary Types as a System of Communication, and Art as an Expression of Reality;29
9.1;1.1 Aristotle's Classification of Literary Genres and his Treatise on Literary Reality;31
9.2;1.2 Horace's Poetical Treatise on Unity and Harmony in Poetry;37
10;2. Reality in Pre-Modern Philosophical Reflection on Art and in Literary Theory;45
10.1;2.1 Plato's Bases for Recognising and Expressing Reality and Truth in Philosophy and in Literature;48
10.1.1;2.1.1 The Individual's and the State's Path to Justice;49
10.1.2;2.1.2 Criticism of Poets' Depictions of Nature and Divine and Human Behaviour;50
10.1.3;2.1.3 The Real World and the World of the Senses as well as the “Ancient Quarrel between Philosophy and Poetry”;53
10.2;2.2 Thomas Aquinas as an Interpreter of Polysemous Words and Symbols;56
10.3;2.3 Art and Truth in Classics of Literary Theory;60
11;3. Reality in Myth, History and Fiction;65
11.1;3.1 Reality in Myths, in Literary Representations of History, and in Poetry;69
11.2;3.2 Reality in Fiction and in Literary Portrayals of Historical Events;81
11.3;Conclusion;89
12;4. Reality and Fiction in Biography and Autobiography;93
12.1;4.1 Autobiographical Literature as a Sub-Section of Biographical Literature, and the Problem of Reality;94
12.2;4.2 Some Classic European Biographical and Autobiographical Works;99
12.3;4.3 Seminal Works of Slovenian Autobiography;109
13;5. Presentation of Values in Literature and in Religious Traditions;119
13.1;5.1 Literature as a Distinct Mode of Thought and Foundational Values;121
13.2;5.2 Methodological Prospects Spanning Ancient and Modern Views;131
13.3;5.3 Interpretation of Literature in Response to Challenges of Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue;142
14;6. Representation of Beauty and Love in Literature and in Philosophical Reflections;151
14.1;6.1 Representation and Explication of Beauty and the Relationship between Aesthetics and Ethics;153
14.2;6.2 Love and Inspiration;163
14.3;6.3 Love and Justification of Forgiveness;175
15;7. Reality and Truth in the Search of Love in France Preeren’s The Baptism at the Savica;189
15.1;7.1 Love and Renunciation in Preeren’s The Baptism at the Savica;191
15.2;7.2 The Motif of Vows and Devotion in Preeren’s The Baptism at the Savica;196
15.3;7.3 Dominik Smole's Contrary Literary Interpretation of The aptism at the Savica;198
16;Conclusion;201
17;Bibliography;207
18;Index of Names and Authors;215
19;Index of Subjects;219

Über Autor(innen)

Avsenik Nabergoj, Irena
Seit 2004 ist Dr. Irena Avsenik Nabergoj Forscherin am Wissenschaftlichen Forschungszentrum der Slowenischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste und an der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Ljubljana. Außerdem ist sie an der Universität Nova Gorica als Dozentin für slowenische und vergleichende Literatur und Literarkritik tätig. Im Mai 2011 ist sie zur außerordentlichen Professorin im Fach 'Literatur' ernannt worden.