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- Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
- Sprache: Englisch
There is a fundamental relationship between philosophy and literature in their attempt to interpret and reflect reality. Both philosophy and literature are arts or at least aspects of art. Aesthetics otherwise known as the philosophy of art exposes very clearly the link between philosophy and literature. On the other hand, through its major genres namely, drama, prose, and poetry, the link between literature and philosophy is made bare.
Moreover, philosophy in playing its second-order role, delves into the literary world or the discipline of literature with its philosophical paraphernalia of criticality, reflectivity, analyticity, and rigour among others, to investigate activities of literary professionals, especially as they relate to interpretation and understanding of the nature of the reality of human existential experience.
It is, on the basis of this that this book proposes and exposes the relationship between philosophy and the literary arts. This it does by using aesthetics as an aspect of philosophy to elucidate the nature and function of philosophy in literary art as well as their relationship with each other. It also uses drama, poetry, and prose as genres of literature to enunciate the nature and function of literary art.
The argument here is that both philosophical al aesthetics and literature (drama, poetry, and prose) are geared toward interpretation and reflection of a people’s worldview, man’s existential experience, the nature of human society, and by extension the nature of reality in general. Thus, to succeed in its avowed aim; the book is divided into seven (7) chapters. The first and second chapters clarify the meaning of philosophy, literature, and philosophy of literature. The third and fourth chapters are concerned with aesthetics as philosophy of art, the nature of art where prose, drama, and poetry are examined as literary arts. The fifth chapter examines the role of philosophy and literary arts in understanding reality. The sixth chapter examines the nature and role of intention and analogy in the arts. The last chapter is a conclusion of all that has been discussed.
The motivation for compiling this book is to fill the obvious gap found in textbooks on Aesthetics or Philosophy of arts. No textbook written on this subject has dealt with the relationship between aesthetics and literary art and the role of literature and aesthetics in understanding and interpreting reality.
It is my sincere hope, that this book will not only fill this gap but also serve as useful material for students and lecturers of the philosophy of literature and philosophy of art. (aesthetics).
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020
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Philosophy, Literature, Art and Reality
To my loving wife Mrs. Jane Okwuchi Maduka And Our lovely Angels Nathan Uchenna Maduka, Louis Osinachi Maduka, Success Nneka Maduka and Jovanni Chibuenyim Maduka BookRix GmbH & Co. KG81371 MunichFOREWORD
In this book, the author, who is a First Class graduate of Philosophy, brings his ingenuity and philosophical savvy to bear in trying to establish the concatenation among philosophy, literature, and art, thereby re-echoing a similar effort by Aristotle in his poetics. For him, Aesthetics/Philosophy of Art, which is a traditional branch of philosophy, and which is roughly defined as a philosophical and critical study which attempts to define the concept of beauty and taste, clearly exposes the nexus between philosophy and literature.
As a matter of fact, Aesthetics play a crucial role in literature or literary arts. Encompassing poetry, short stories, novels, and non-fiction, literary authors employ a variety of techniques to appeal to our aesthetics values. Depending on the type of writing, an author may choose to employ any of the following styles or techniques: rhythm, imagery, fantasy, dualism, juxtaposition, structure, illustrations, analysis, suspense, humour/cynicism, and thinking aloud, to drive home his message.
In my humble opinion, I make bold to say that this young and vibrant author has delved into an area, which known authors of Aesthetics have simply downplayed or ignored, thus filling a lacuna.
I, therefore, appreciate the effort of this ebullient author, and the time taken to put together this work made it easy for students and a reminder to the experienced philosophers. I strongly recommend it to philosophy students, lecturers of Aesthetics, and to all and sundry.
Prof. Andrew F. Uduigwomen
(Former Dean, Faculty of Arts)
Dept. of Philosophy
University of Calabar, Nigeria
PREFACE
There is a fundamental relationship between philosophy and literature in their attempt to interpret and reflect reality. Both philosophy and literature are arts or at least aspects of art. Aesthetics otherwise known as the philosophy of art exposes very clearly the link between philosophy and literature. On the other hand, through its major genres namely, drama, prose, and poetry, the link between literature and philosophy is made bare.
Moreover, philosophy in playing its second-order role, delves into the literary world or the discipline of literature with its philosophical paraphernalia of criticality, reflectivity, analyticity, and rigour among others, to investigate activities of literary professionals, especially as they relate to interpretation and understanding of the nature of the reality of human existential experience.
It is, on the basis of this that this book proposes and exposes the relationship between philosophy and the literary arts. This it does by using aesthetics as an aspect of philosophy to elucidate the nature and function of philosophy in literary art as well as their relationship with each other. It also uses drama, poetry, and prose as genres of literature to enunciate the nature and function of literary art.
The argument here is that both philosophical al aesthetics and literature (drama, poetry, and prose) are geared toward interpretation and reflection of a people’s worldview, man’s existential experience, the nature of human society, and by extension the nature of reality in general. Thus, to succeed in its avowed aim; the book is divided into seven (7) chapters. The first and second chapters clarify the meaning of philosophy, literature, and philosophy of literature. The third and fourth chapters are concerned with aesthetics as philosophy of art, the nature of art where prose, drama, and poetry are examined as literary arts. The fifth chapter examines the role of philosophy and literary arts in understanding reality. The sixth chapter examines the nature and role of intention and analogy in the arts. The last chapter is a conclusion of all that has been discussed.
The motivation for compiling this book is to fill the obvious gap found in textbooks on Aesthetics or Philosophy of arts. No textbook written on this subject has dealt with the relationship between aesthetics and literary art and the role of literature and aesthetics in understanding and interpreting reality.
It is my sincere hope, that this book will not only fill this gap but also serve as useful material for students and lecturers of the philosophy of literature and philosophy of art. (aesthetics).
Enyimba, Maduka Ph.D
Department of Philosophy
November 2020
CHAPTER ONE THE IDEA OF PHILOSOPHY
Etymological Meaning
The word etymology has to do with origin or source. In other words, the etymology of any word implied the root, origin, or source of the word. The root meaning of a word is most times drawn from a different language other than the language of the word in question. Most root words are from Latin, Greek, German or French language. One significant thing about etymological definitions is that it seems to be more generally accepted by all, and tend to form a springboard for other definitions by professionals of that discipline.
As we shall see, philosophers by virtue of their various inclinations, schools, and systems of philosophy to which they belong, approach the meaning of philosophy from different perspectives. Even though the different definitions of philosophy as given by diverse philosophers expose the various aspects of the nature and essence of the discipline of philosophy, the etymological definition remains more generally acceptable.
Hence, philosophy is drawn from two Greek words – “philein” and “Sophia”. The word philein is sometimes written as “philos” and is interpreted as “love”, whereas “Sophie” is sometimes written as “Sophia” and is interpreted as “wisdom”. To have a love for wisdom is to be passionate in one’s pursuit of wisdom, and to pursue wisdom passionately is to enthusiastically seek wisdom for wisdom’s sake with no strings attached. This reminds one of the “Agape” kind of love which Christianity advocates and propagates” (Mclain 2). This kind of love has no attachment or ulterior motive. It is simply transparent and sincere. This is the kind of love that philosophers have for wisdom.
The preacher, philosopher, and author of the book of proverbs, in chapters eight and nine painted a succinct picture of wisdom crying with a loud voice for the simple to seek her earnestly in order to obtain understanding and be wise. The implication of this is that wisdom is to be sought in order that we may have a good understanding and be wise in our thoughts, speeches, and actions. But what exactly is the nature of the wisdom, the philosopher seeks and encourages us to seek after?
It is important to note that wisdom in the context being used here and in the sense in which the philosopher searches for it, connotes the following:
Wide knowledge and sound judgment about the values of different things in life (Ozuzu 5). What is clear here is that the acquisition of this form of wisdom makes one shrewd or clever at understanding and making decisions about practical issues.Knowledge of fundamental principles and laws governing things in their genesis. In other words, the wisdom here involves being aware of that which is basic or primordial and stable as opposed to that which is ephemeral and changing.
