Literature, Ethics, and Aesthetics [electronic resource] : Applied Deleuze and Guattari /
Achilles, S.author.
A conceptualization of the literary aesthetic for a concern for the Self, bringing Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's constructivist thinking into a practical domain, Sabrina Achilles rethinks the ways in which literature is understood and taught.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Literary Function; 1 Being Constructivist; 2 Rethinking the Performative in Pragmatics; 3 The Literary Function and the Cartographic Turn: Performative Philosophy; 4 The Literary Function and Society I: Affirmation of Immanent Aesthetics; 5 The Literary Function and Society II: Community and Subjectification; 6 The Reader and the Event of Fiction; Conclusion: Degrees of Freedom; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A conceptualization of the literary aesthetic for a concern for the Self, bringing Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's constructivist thinking into a practical domain, Sabrina Achilles rethinks the ways in which literature is understood and taught.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Philosophy.
Literature—History and criticism.
Aesthetics.
Ethics.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Philosophy, general.
Literary History.
Aesthetics.
Ethics.