Exemplarity and reflexivity in literature: Towards an elucidation of the knowledge embedded in the literary text
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Exemplarity and reflexivity in literature : Towards an elucidation of the knowledge embedded in the literary text . / Jensen, Julio Hans C.
In: Orbis Litterarum, Vol. 79, No. 1, 2024.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Exemplarity and reflexivity in literature
T2 - Towards an elucidation of the knowledge embedded in the literary text
AU - Jensen, Julio Hans C.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The question of the relation between philosophy and literature is, in the present contribution, approached from the notion of reflexivity as it appears in the thinking of Herder and Gadamer. Following up on Gadamer's critique of the Kantian and post-Kantian idea of the autonomy of art, literature is considered a reflective discourse that at an existential level harvests insights that can be used in a fruitful exchange with philosophy. As an example of the reflexivity of literature, an analysis of Julio Cortázar's short story ‘The Continuity of Parks’ appears at the end of the article.
AB - The question of the relation between philosophy and literature is, in the present contribution, approached from the notion of reflexivity as it appears in the thinking of Herder and Gadamer. Following up on Gadamer's critique of the Kantian and post-Kantian idea of the autonomy of art, literature is considered a reflective discourse that at an existential level harvests insights that can be used in a fruitful exchange with philosophy. As an example of the reflexivity of literature, an analysis of Julio Cortázar's short story ‘The Continuity of Parks’ appears at the end of the article.
U2 - 10.1111/oli.12409
DO - 10.1111/oli.12409
M3 - Journal article
VL - 79
JO - Orbis Litterarum
JF - Orbis Litterarum
SN - 0105-7510
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 369251346