Literary Form and Ethical Content.
The paper offers a qualified endorsement of Terry Eagleton's striking claim that "a work's moral outlook . . . may be secreted as much in its form as its content". A number of points are raised in defence of the claim: an argument for the inseparability, under certain conditions, of form and content...
| Publicado en: | Disputatio: International Journal of Philosophy Vol. 13; no. 62; pp. 245 - 264 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=160474227&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 160474227 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0873626X 1CM2 jtl: Disputatio: International Journal of Philosophy issn: 0873626X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2021 vid: 13 iid: 62 pid: 35924 pub: Paradigm Publishing Services artinfo: ui: 160474227 10.2478/disp-2021-0013 ppf: 245 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 341KB tig: atl: Literary Form and Ethical Content. aug: au: Lamarque, Peter affil: University of York su: Literary form Eagleton, Terry, 1943- Vocabulary Emotions Ethics sug: subj: Literary form Eagleton, Terry, 1943- Vocabulary Emotions Ethics keyword: expressed vs felt emotion form and content in literature moral content and literary interpretation opaque/transparent modes of reading Terry Eagleton ab: The paper offers a qualified endorsement of Terry Eagleton's striking claim that "a work's moral outlook . . . may be secreted as much in its form as its content". A number of points are raised in defence of the claim: an argument for the inseparability, under certain conditions, of form and content in a literary work; an idea of moral content, not as derived moral principle, but as inward-facing interpretation grounded in an ethical vocabulary; the possibility of internal and external perspectives on fictional characters; and an emphasis on emotions expressed in, rather than caused by, narrative. Three literary examples are explored, to show how vocabulary, syntax, implicature, and tone, contribute to the emergence of moral salience. A consequence drawn is that the ethical stance readers take to a scene or incident is partially shaped by the narrative modes of its presentation. The overall perspective of the paper is that of aesthetic autonomism: the view that the aesthetic value of a work of literature is distinct from, and not reducible to, any instrumental moral values (positive or negative) attributed to the work. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Disputatio: International Journal of Philosophy is the property of Paradigm Publishing Services and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Disputatio: International Journal of Philosophy holder: Paradigm Publishing Services dt: @attributes: year: 2021 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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