1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996248209703316

Autore

Ricœur Paul

Titolo

Time and narrative . Volume 2. / / Paul Ricœur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : University of Chicago Press, , [1990]

©1990

ISBN

0-226-71352-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

809.923

Soggetti

Time in literature

Narration (Rhetoric)

Mimesis in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

In volume 1 of this three-volume work, Paul Ricoeur examined the relations between time and narrative in historical writing. Now, in volume 2, he examines these relations in fiction and theories of literature. Ricoeur treats the question of just how far the Aristotelian concept of "plot" in narrative fiction can be expanded and whether there is a point at which narrative fiction as a literary form not only blurs at the edges but ceases to exist at all. Though some semiotic theorists have proposed all fiction can be reduced to an atemporal structure, Ricoeur argues that fiction depends on the reader's understanding of narrative traditions, which do evolve but necessarily include a temporal dimension. He looks at how time is actually expressed in narrative fiction, particularly through use of tenses, point of view, and voice. He applies this approach to three books that are, in a sense, tales about time: Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway; Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain; and Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. "Ricoeur writes the best kind of philosophy--critical, economical, and clear."--Eugen Weber, New York Times Book Review "A major work of literary theory and criticism under the aegis of philosophical hermenutics. I believe that . . . it will come to have an impact greater than that of Gadamer's Truth and Method--a work it both supplements



and transcends in its contribution to our understanding of the meaning of texts and their relationship to the world."--Robert Detweiler, Religion and Literature "One cannot fail to be impressed by Ricoeur's encyclopedic knowledge of the subject under consideration. . . . To students of rhetoric, the importance of Time and Narrative . . . is all too evident to require extensive elaboration."--Dilip Parameshwar Gaonkar, Quarterly Journal of Speech

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793083803321

Autore

Marion Jean-Luc <1946->

Titolo

The Rigor of Things : Conversations with Dan Arbib / / Dan Arbib, Jean-Luc Marion

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Fordham University Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

0-8232-7579-5

0-8232-7712-7

0-8232-7578-7

0-8232-7577-9

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (149 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

GschwandtnerChristina M

TracyDavid

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Philosophers - France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the French.

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Translator’s Note -- 1. My Path -- 2. Descartes -- 3. Phenomenology -- 4. Theology -- 5. A Matter of Method -- 6. The World as It Runs—and as It Doesn’t

Sommario/riassunto

In a series of conversations, Jean-Luc Marion reconstructs a career’s path in the history of philosophy, theology, and phenomenology. Discussing such concepts as the event, the gift, and the saturated phenomenon, Marion elaborates the rigor displayed by the things themselves. He discusses the major stages of his work and offers his



views on the forces that have driven his thought. The conversation ranges from Marion’s engagement with Descartes, to phenomenology and theology, to Marion’s intellectual and biographical backgrounds, concluding with illuminating insights on the state of the Catholic Church today and on Judeo-Christian dialogue. Marion also reflects on the relationship of philosophy to history, theology, aesthetics, and literature. At the same time, the book provides an account of French intellectual life in the late twentieth century. In these interviews, Marion’s language is more conversational than in his formal writing, but it remains serious and substantive. The book serves as an excellent and comprehensive introduction to Marion’s thought and work.