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Reading for self-knowledge : poetry, perspective and narrative justice

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Simecek, Karen (2020) Reading for self-knowledge : poetry, perspective and narrative justice. Journal of Aesthetic Education, 54 (4). pp. 36-47. ISSN 0021-8510.

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Abstract

In this article, I offer a response to Rafe McGregor's Narrative Justice, in particular his notion of lucid phenomenological knowledge. By drawing on a discussion of lyric poetry, I argue that room needs to be made for the notion of perspective, which is more fundamental to our engagement with works of literature than narrative. I end with a suggestion of how to extend McGregor's account to accommodate the idea of perspective, which I call lucid phenomenological perspectival knowledge. Ultimately, what I argue is that the knowledge on offer in one's engagement with works of literature is not coming to know what some experience is like through the narrative construction but a form of self-knowledge that is available through the perspective that shapes the work (whether a narrative or non-narrative work).

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PE English
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism
P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): McGregor, Rafe. Narrative Justice -- Criticism, Textual , Lyric poetry, Narration (Rhetoric)
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Aesthetic Education
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISSN: 0021-8510
Official Date: December 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
December 2020Published
13 December 2019Accepted
Volume: 54
Number: 4
Page Range: pp. 36-47
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): copyright Illinois Press 2019. The article will not be photocopied, distributed, or used for purposes other than the terms agreed to by UIP https://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/preprints.html
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Copyright Holders: ©Illinois Press
Date of first compliant deposit: 23 December 2019
Date of first compliant Open Access: 31 December 2021

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