Creating Communities
Towards a Description of the Mask-function in Literature
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Nourit Melcer-Padon | ISBN: | 9783732841868 |
| Publisher: | transcript Verlag | Publication: | June 30, 2018 |
| Imprint: | transcript Verlag | Language: | English |
| Author: | Nourit Melcer-Padon |
| ISBN: | 9783732841868 |
| Publisher: | transcript Verlag |
| Publication: | June 30, 2018 |
| Imprint: | transcript Verlag |
| Language: | English |
How does historical reality interrelate with fiction? And how much are readers themselves involved in the workings of fictional literature? With innovative interpretations of various well-known texts, Nourit Melcer-Padon introduces the use of literary masks and illustrates literature's engagement of its readers' ethical judgement. She promotes a new perception of literary theory and of connections between thinkers such as Iser, Castoriadis, Sartre, Jung and Neumann. The book offers a unique view on the role of the community in post-existentialist modern cultural reality by emphasizing the importance of ritual practices in literature as a cultural manifestation.
How does historical reality interrelate with fiction? And how much are readers themselves involved in the workings of fictional literature? With innovative interpretations of various well-known texts, Nourit Melcer-Padon introduces the use of literary masks and illustrates literature's engagement of its readers' ethical judgement. She promotes a new perception of literary theory and of connections between thinkers such as Iser, Castoriadis, Sartre, Jung and Neumann. The book offers a unique view on the role of the community in post-existentialist modern cultural reality by emphasizing the importance of ritual practices in literature as a cultural manifestation.
