How to Reach Fictional Worlds? Cover Image

Jak dotrzeć do fikcyjnych światów?
How to Reach Fictional Worlds?

Author(s): Lubomír Doležel
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego

Summary/Abstract: The article discussess the notion of fictionality and the main problems that arise from attempting to provide its clear-cut definition. It also presents multiple exclusionary perspectives that are a part of most debates on the matter. In the course of his meta-analysis, the author gives an in-depth description of the approaches by the two main academic schools of thought, namely literary narratology and analytical philosophy, claiming the exclusive right to define fictionality by placing it in their respective fields of study. The juxtapositional structure of the article is reflected in its six subchapters, in which the author familiarises the reader with contemporary research in order to provide a synthesis of the seemingly opposing viewpoints by highlighting conceptual commongrounds the two philosophies share.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 9-21
  • Page Count: 13