Fiction and Representation / / Zoltán Vecsey.

• VerfasserIn: Vecsey, Zoltán,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Meinong Studies / Meinong Studien , 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XII, 186 p.)

One of the basic insights of the book is that there is a notion of non-relational linguistic representation which can fruitfully be employed in a systematic approach to literary fiction. This notion allows us to develop an improved understanding of the ontological nature of fictional entities. A related insight is that the customary distinction between extra-fictional and intra-fictional contexts has only a secondary theoretical importance. This distinction plays a central role in nearly all contemporary theories of literary fiction. There is a tendency among researchers to take it as obvious that the contrast between these two types of contexts is crucial for understanding the boundary that divides fiction from non-fiction. Seen from the perspective of non-relational representation, the key question is rather how representational networks come into being and how consumers of literary texts can, and do, engage with these networks. As a whole, the book provides, for the first time, a comprehensive artefactualist account of the nature of fictional entities.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Realism About Fictional Entities -- 3. Motives For Elaborating A Representational Alternative -- 4. Recalcitrant Problems For Theories Of Fictionalia -- 5. A Metatheoretical Epilogue -- References -- Author -- Subject