Poiesis and Possible Worlds : a Study in Modality and Literary Theory.

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Martin argues that literary studies remain mired in the anomalies of a linguistic methodology derived from early 20th-century language philosophy, a view challenged not only by theoretical physics, but also by compelling advances in philosophic semantics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martin, Thomas L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2004.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Literature > Philosophy.
Semantics (Philosophy)
Possibility.
Sémantique (Philosophie)
Possibilité.
Literature > Philosophy
Possibility
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE: PARADOXES
  • 1 The Paradox of the Many: Post-Structuralism and Zeno
  • Zeno's Paradox of Plurality
  • Post-Structuralism and the Paradox of Plurality
  • Derrida and Multiplicity
  • Different Kinds of Differences?
  • There and Back
  • 2 The Paradox of the One: Language as Universal Medium
  • The Matter of Analytical Philosophy
  • The Force of Continental Philosophy
  • Syntax in Structuralism and Post-Structuralism
  • New Historicism and Culture as Universal Medium
  • The Death of the Code
  • PART TWO: POSSIBLE WORLDS
  • 3 Talk of Possible Worlds: Language as Calculus
  • One-World Semantics versus Possible-Worlds Semantics
  • Words and Worlds
  • What Is Metalanguage?
  • Baudrillard's Virtual Reality
  • Kinds of Language Theory
  • Language as Calculus
  • 4 The Poiesis of Possible Worlds: A Theory of Possibility for Literature
  • Scepticism about Possible Worlds
  • The Logical Triviality of This World
  • Intellectual Models
  • Modelling Worlds
  • Possible Worlds a Philosophy?
  • Relation of Language to Possible Worlds
  • A Way of Meaning Functions
  • The Problem of Logical Omniscience
  • Related Theories of Possibility
  • A Qualified Theory of Possible Worlds for Literature
  • PART THREE: POIESIS
  • 5 From Models to Metaphors: Possibility, Aesthetics, and Literary Theory
  • The Critical Heritage
  • What Do We Mean by Literature?
  • An Approach to Metaphor
  • Metaphor as Epistemology
  • The Varieties of Literary Theory
  • Articulating Possibility in Poetic History
  • Models of Literature, Modes of Reading
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Author Index
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