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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 | ||||||
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PE English P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism P Language and Literature > PR English literature |
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| 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 | ||||||
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| 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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