Questions tagged [literary-theory]
Questions related to literary theory, i.e. the body of frameworks, ideas and methods about how to interpret literature.
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How can we know if the Apollonian and Dionysian really exist?
I'm currently in the summer between my freshman and sophomore years. During the fall, I had a class on Oedipus Tyrannus and we read it with Aristotle, Freud, and Nietzche. I found many of the ...
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Why is literature a problem for aesthetic formalism?
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy claims literature is a problem for aesthetic formalism (which says aesthetic value comprises perceptual properties):
Suppose you praise a short story for the ...
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Fredric Jameson's "Dialectical Sentences"
Fredric Jameson is one of the few hard line Marxists in America today. He writes extensively on topics about capitalism, postmodernity, etc, all through the lens of Hegelian/Marxist dialectics, which ...
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I'm trying to identify a rhetorical device
I already asked this question on the writing forum, but I suppose the subject matter is better suited here.
Once again, I am writing a commentary on the book of Galatians, while employing a socio-...
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What is autonomy in art, where does it come from?
What is autonomy in recent art, where does it come from?
I've encountered the concept in contemporary literary criticism, but recall little beyond it being prized by contemporary modernists, it ...
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What is 'schizo culture'?
I read this term in Jameson, Deleuze wrote about "schizos", and it seems to have some parlance in literary theory in general.
What is 'schizo culture'?
Is there no such thing, is that the point of ...
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Is metonym, the figure of speech, about two things, like metaphor is?
In this sense, the primary subject is spoken of and thought about in
terms of the secondary subject. It is easy to feel that in Romeo’s
metaphor, familiar fragments of sun-talk come to be about ...
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Are there philosophers working with the idea of language being ideological?
Are there philosophers working with the idea of language being ideological? If so, who, what specifically are their research interests, and what studies into it are available?
By 'ideology' I suppose ...
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Looking for a place to start with 'ideology' and 'autonomy' in literary criticism, especially so called "moral criticism"
I'm looking for a place to start with 'ideology' and 'autonomy' in literary criticism, especially so called "moral criticism". Any tips? Maybe a rundown of tendencies that employ those concepts would ...
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How does Thus Spoke Zarathustra conclude?
How does Thus Spoke Zarathustra conclude?
"FELLOW-SUFFERING! FELLOW-SUFFERING WITH THE HIGHER MEN!" he cried
out, and his countenance changed into brass. "Well! THAT—hath had its
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My ...
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How do structuralism and post-structuralism change the way I read a novel?
I am not from a literature background and have very limited ideas about structuralism and post-structuralism.
From a naive point of view, these ideas say that we can interpret the text as we want ...
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Did Nietzsche say that Dostoevsky "cried truth [from the blood]"?
Did Nietzsche say that Dostoevsky "cried truth [from the blood]"?
He praised Dostoyevsky's Notes from the Underground (1864) for having
“cried truth from the blood.”
The Handy Philosophy Answer ...
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Who did Schopenhauer have in mind when he wrote about "bad writers"?
In Brazil, a collection of five Schopenhuaer essays was published under the name "The Art of Writing", consisting of the essays Über Gelehrsamkeit und Gelehrte; Selbstdenken; Über Schriftstellerei und ...
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How popular are anti-mimetic theories of literature, and with whom?
How popular are anti-mimetic theories of literature, and with whom?
A bad but clear example of supposed mimesis, in writing, is the idea that 'cow' is a slow and irritating word, because of its ...
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Do any Marxists write about Ulysses' "nightmare of history"
History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake
Usually, it seems, associated with the artistic career of Joyce. But yes, it does sound like rich pickings for an aestheticising Marxist.
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