Novelistic Love in the Platonic Tradition: Fielding, Faulkner, and the PostmodernistsRowman & Littlefield, 1997 - 215 Seiten The love story is an integral part of many novels. What is its narrative status? How does it function, and why? In this original study of Socratic 'love stories, ' from Plato through Fielding and Faulkner to the Postmodernists, Jennie Wang proposes a new narrative theory in the study of the novel, which deconstructs the mimesis of 'love stories' and reconstructs their historicity. Wang claims that in the Platonic tradition, the construction of 'love stories' is often a dramatization of the author's historical vision, philosophical speculations, cultural criticism, or political ideology. Novelistic love functions as a literary medium, a power of free speech, that enables the novelist to speak unspeakable truths and include excluded subjects. Wang's work will be of interest to both philosophers and scholars of American literature and postmodernism. |
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... character in a powerful ruler is the guarantee of peace for the state ; whereas a bad character is always a source of trouble . Power in the hands of such a ruler shall bring nothing but war and violence . Most of the plot and characters ...
... character in a powerful ruler is the guarantee of peace for the state ; whereas a bad character is always a source of trouble . Power in the hands of such a ruler shall bring nothing but war and violence . Most of the plot and characters ...
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... character , action , and motive , of which Tom Jones has been widely acknowledged as an exemplary model . A proper investigation of these elements only reveals many problems in determining the " validity or invalidity , " the ...
... character , action , and motive , of which Tom Jones has been widely acknowledged as an exemplary model . A proper investigation of these elements only reveals many problems in determining the " validity or invalidity , " the ...
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... character . By character , Fielding was apparently in favor of his " little Tommy , " his fictional projection of " the Young Chevalier , " a detailed picture of whom I will present in a later section of this chapter . The projection of ...
... character . By character , Fielding was apparently in favor of his " little Tommy , " his fictional projection of " the Young Chevalier , " a detailed picture of whom I will present in a later section of this chapter . The projection of ...
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The Invention of Greek Love | 29 |
Epic Love and the English Novel | 67 |
The Legitimate Lover of Sophia | 89 |
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