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Fiction and Emotion : Hardback : Oxford University Press : 9780195620931 : 0195620933 : 05 Jan 1989 : A discussion of philosopher's answers to the question of why people respond emotionally to fiction when they know it is only make-believe. Boruah argues that fictional emotions are rational and illustrates his points with the help of literary examples ranging from Shakespeare to Tolstoy.Read More

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    Why do people respond emotionally to works of fiction they know are make-believe? Boruah tackles this question, which is fundamental aesthetics and literary studies, from a totally new perspective. Bringing together the various answers that have been offered by philosophers from Aristotle to Roger Scruton, he shows that while some philosophers have denied any rational basis to our emotional responses to fiction, others have argued that the emotions evoked by fiction are not real emotions at all. In response to this, Boruah contends that fictional emotions are rational because they are based on the same sorts of beliefs that we form about real situations and real people. He illustrates this argument with literary examples ranging from Shakespeare to Tolstoy.

  • 0195620933
  • 9780195620931
  • Bijoy H. Boruah
  • 1 December 1988
  • Clarendon Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 144
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