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Creating Communities : Towards a Description of the Mask-Function in Literature
Overview
How does historical reality interrelate with fiction? And how much are readers themselves involved in fictional literature? With innovative interpretations of various well-known texts, Nourit Melcer-Padon introduces the use of literary masks and illustrates literature's effects on its readers' morality. She facilitates a new perception of literary theory and of connections between thinkers such as Iser, Castoriadis, Sartre, Jung, and Neumann. The book offers a unique view on the role of the community in post-existentialist modern cultural reality by emphasizing the importance of ritual practices in literature as a cultural manifestation.
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- ISBN-13: 9783837641868
- ISBN-10: 3837641864
- Publisher: Transcript Publishing
- Publish Date: August 2019
- Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
- Page Count: 218
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