Karl Popper and literary theory : critical rationalism as a philosophy of literature / Trzyna Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trzyna, Thomas.

Series:

Schriftenreihe zur Philosophie Karl R. Poppers und des Kritischen Rationalismus / Series in the Philosophy of Karl R. Popper and Critical Rationalism 22.

Schriftenreihe Zur Philosophie Karl R. Poppers und des Kritischen Rationalismus / Series in the Philosophy of Karl R. Popper and Critical Rationalism ; v. 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Literature.

Popper, Karl R. (Karl Raimund), 1902-1994--Criticism and interpretation.

Popper, Karl R.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden : BRILL, 2017.

Summary:

Karl Popper’s philosophy of science, with its focus on falsifiability and critical rationalism, provides a firm foundation for a theory of literary interpretation that avoids the pitfalls of many contemporary theories. Building on the work of Popper, John Eccles, Imre Lakatos, Ernst Gombrich, Louise DeSalvo and James Battersby, this study outlines the approach, sets it in a theoretical context, and applies the theory to challenging works by Anne Finch, Countess of Winchelsea, Jean Toomer, Shakespeare, Henry Fielding, J-M.G. LeClézio, J.M. Coetzee, Jonathan Littell, Patrick Modiano, Albert Schweitzer, Popper’s protégé William Warren Bartley III and the Gospel of Mark. The book concludes with a set of general principles for understanding literature as a mode of investigation in what Popper called the unended quest.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

A Theoretical Framework

Applying a Popperian Framework

Deconstruction, Pragmatic Pluralism, and Comprehensively Critical Rationalism: The Critical Theory of James Battersby

Reading Jean Toomer

Henry Fielding and the Problem of Forgiveness

Le Clézio, Levinas, Popper and the Problem of Parmenides

J.M. Coetzee and The Childhood of Jesus

“Like a Sea of Wax:” The Problem of Timon of Athens

The Eumenides: We Suffer into Truth

The Limits of the Theory: The Gospel of Mark and the Ineffable

Patrick Modiano and the Bucket: A Note

Conclusion: How does Literature Work?

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

90-04-33583-8

OCLC:

970636212

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004335837 DOI