The Knowing of Literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4271308 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terry Cochran (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 127-143 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Literary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-6087 • E-ISSN: 1080-661X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/nlh.2007.0015 |
| OpenAlex | W2031259263 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
In this essay, I consider the relationship between literature and knowing. In pursuing this reflection, I underscore the way in which historical understanding, as the basis for the organization of knowledge in the human sciences, restricts the epistemological import of the literary. In distinction with this prevailing historical model of literary discourse, I elaborate an understanding of literature - viewed as imaginary projection or idealized discourse - that places in the foreground its necessary role in thinking
Epistemology · Linguistics · Literary criticism · Projection (relational algebra) · Psychoanalysis · Reflection (computer programming) · Sociology · The Imaginary · Computer Science · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2015 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |