Literary Studies and the Philosophy of Literature

New Interdisciplinary Directions
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-81438-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 401 g

This book is about the interaction between literary studies and the philosophy of literature. It features essays from internationally renowned and emerging philosophers and literary scholars, challenging readers to join them in taking seriously the notion of interdisciplinary study and forging forward in new and exciting directions of thought.
It identifies that literary studies and the philosophy of literature address similar issues: What is literature? What is its value? Why do I care about characters? What is the role of the author in understanding a literary work? What is fiction as opposed to non-fiction? Yet, genuine, interdisciplinary interaction remains scarce. This collection seeks to overcome current obstacles and seek out new paths for exploration.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gaydon, Philip

Selleri, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Philosophie, Philosophische Praxis & Beratung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- PART I: INTERDISCIPLINARY ACTION IN THEORY.- 1. Criticism, Philosophy and the Differend; Catherine Belsey.- 2. The Discipline of Literary Studies; Stein H. Olsen.- 3. Analytic Philosophy of Literature: Problems and Prospects; Jukka Mikkonen.- PART II: INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERACTION IN PRACTICE.- 4. ‘I will draw a map of what you never see’: Cartographic Metaphor in Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations; Mike Rose-Steel.- 5. The Pleasures of Solipsism for Writers and Philosophers; Ery Shin.- 6. To Tell What Happened as Invention: Literature and Philosophy on Learning From Fiction; Manuel García Carpintero.- PART III: USING THE PHILOSOPHY OF LITERATURE IN LITERARY STUDIES.- 7. Poetic Utterances: Attuning Poetry and Philosophy; Maximilian de Gaynesford.- 8. Reading as Fiction and Reading as Non-Fiction; Derek Matravers.- 9. The Opacity of Testimony; or, what the philosophy of literature cantell us about how to read Holocaust narratives; Samuel O’Donoghue.- PART IV: USING LITERARY STUDIES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF LITERATURE.- 10. Literary Examples in Analytical Aesthetics: The Claim of the Particular; Andrea Selleri.- 11. What Do We Do With Words? Framing What is at Stake in Dealing with Literature; Marianna Ginocchietti and Giulia Zanfabro.- 12. Digital Literature and its Departure from the Supremacy of the Author Function; Heiko Zimmermann.- Bibliography.- Index.-

Über Autor(innen)

Andrea Selleri is Associate Fellow at the University of Warwick, UK, where he completed a PhD in English and Comparative Literary Studies. His work on Victorian intellectual history has appeared in various journals and he is currently writing a monograph on the idea of the author in nineteenth-century literary criticism.
Philip Gaydon is a PhD candidate at the University of Warwick, UK. His research focuses on nineteenth-century children’s literature and virtue epistemology. He is currently creating a teaching and learning handbook for the university, teaches on imagination and ethical development, facilitates Philosophy in primary schools, and coaches women’s American Football at university and international level.