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Strategies for literary and artistic studies in a world dominated by complexity
Strategies for literary and artistic studies in a world dominated by complexity

Author(s): Michael Finkenthal
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: literary criticism; theory; anamnesis; metaphor and metaphoric thinking; complexity

Summary/Abstract: The present article discusses briefly, along the lines proposed by the organizers of the conference dedicated to ‘Contemporary Strategies of Literary and Cultural Histories’, the possible changes of paradigm in literary criticism and theory under the assumption of a complexity dominated world. Its conclusion is that a new way of “metaphoric thinking” based on “multivalued concepts”, among them amnesia and anamnesis mentioned by the organizers, represents one of the most adequate ways to establish a new paradigm for the technological age of tomorrow.

  • Issue Year: 10/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 67-74
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English