KONTINUITÄT UND WANDEL. EINIGE BEOBACHTUNGEN ZUR RELEVANZ DER THEORIE FIKTIVER WELTEN FÜR DAS STUDIUM VON LITERATUR
CONTINUITY AND CHANGE. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE RELEVANCE OF THE THEORY OF FICTIONAL WORLDS FOR THE STUDY OF LITERATURE

Summary/Abstract: The point of departure for this article is a problem which students in literature face: their study is about texts and contexts and not about events encountered when reading. The two perspectives are linked to two distinctive concepts of literature: literature as a process of communication about the actual world and literature as a portal of access to a fictional world. The distinction is argued within a frame proposed by analytical literary theory and philosophy: the process of literary communication (the literary text in the actual world) seen from a semiotic perspective is distinct from the object of communication (the literary event in the fictional world) seen from a referential perspective. The distinction permits a more precise understanding of two perspectives on literature as it is taught and studied.

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