What is a Work of Literature?
78: Philosophical Society of Finland, 1989. Soft Cover. Series : Acta philosophica Fennica 46. Text in English. 237 pp.
There are three central issues in this essay: the problem of defining literature, the question of fiction and fictional entities, and the problem of the nature and identification of literary works. The idea of the importance of the author is one of the connecting thoughts of the essay. The intention of the author is an essential factor in the concept of the literary work of art. One has to refer to the author's intention in defining the concepts of literature and fiction, and it plays a role in determining the identity of a literary work too.
Literary works as meaningful entities are not independent of their creators; it is authors who create them, who intentionally determine their aspects, and it is for the readers to reconstruct them. Fine. Item #4258
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