NYHET Om bland annat användningen av skönlitteratur och litterära upplevelser för att förstå livet.
Anders Pettersson, professor emeritus i litteraturvetenskap, har publicerat en ny monografi, The Concept of Literary Application: Readers’ Analogies from Text to Life (Basingstoke och New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012),
Boken är ett litteraturteoretiskt arbete som handlar om hur litteraturläsare kopplar samman det lästa med den omgivande verkligheten och om vilken roll som sådan applikation av den litterära texten spelar och bör spela i litteraturupplevelsen
'In this lucid and insightful book, Anders Pettersson argues that using fiction to understand life ('application') is a deeply important part of literary experience. He goes on to provide a thought-provoking explanation of why and how this is the case. This nuanced theoretical work - one of the best I have read in years - will be of great interest to anyone who cares about the value of literature.'
- Professor Patrick Hogan, University of Connecticut, USA
'Engaging with an exceptionally wide range of positions in literary theory, philosophical aesthetics, and psychology, Anders Pettersson presents an approach to literature that stresses literature's relevance to readers' lives. His informative views on major issues in literary theory merit the attention of anyone who cares about literature.'
- Paisley Livingston, Chair Professor and Head of Philosophy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
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