Literature, ethics, and aesthetics

By Sabrina Achilles

Subjects: Literature and morals, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Literature, Constructivism (philosophy), Literature, philosophy, Constructivism (Philosophy), LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy

Description: "This book is a conceptualization of the literary aesthetic in relation to ethics, in particular, an ethics for a concern for the Self. Bringing Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari's constructivist thinking into a practical domain, Sabrina Achilles rethinks the ways in which literature is understood and taught. Through an interdisciplinary approach, literature is viewed from the position of a problem without any pre-given frame"--