Ethics and Literature: Levinas and Literary Criticism
Etika i književnost: Levinas i književna kritika
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The question posed by this text is: can we use Levinasian ethics in the field of literary studies? In order to provide the answer, Levinas’s attitude toward art will need to be analyzed. His work contains numerous scattered remarks about literature and other arts, but the most explicit statement on the relationship between art and ethics can be found in his essay “Reality and Its Shadow”. Since Levinas’s view on art in this essay is predominantly negative, it poses a significant problem for the application of his theory in the field of literary studies. In order to overcome this difficulty, I use Blanchot’s reworking of Levinasian ethics, and open the possibility of a different relation between literature and ethics than the one originally suggested by Levinas.
Ovaj tekst postavlja sledeće pitanje: možemo li koristiti Levinasovu etiku u polju studija književnosti? Prvi korak u odgovoru na pomenuto pitanje biće analiza odnosa Emanulela Levinasa prema umetnosti. Njegovo celokupno delo sadrži mnogobrojne reference na književna i druga umetnička dela, ali najeksplicitnije teze o odnosu između umetnosti i etike nalaze se u njegovom eseju „Realnost i njena senka“. Levinasov pogled na književnost i umetnost je u ovom eseju u potpunosti negativan i zato automatska primena njegove teorije u studijama književnosti predstavlja ozbiljan problem. Kako bi prevazišli ovaj problem i otvorili mogućnost za jedan drugačiji odnos između etike i književnosti ovaj rad će predstaviti reinterpretaciju Levinasove etike od strane Morisa Blanšoa.
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Levinas / ethics / art / literature / BlanchotSource:
Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society, 2022, 33, 3, 632-647Publisher:
- Beograd : Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
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IFDTTY - JOUR AU - Mitrović, Nemanja PY - 2022 UR - http://rifdt.instifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/2695 AB - The question posed by this text is: can we use Levinasian ethics in the field of literary studies? In order to provide the answer, Levinas’s attitude toward art will need to be analyzed. His work contains numerous scattered remarks about literature and other arts, but the most explicit statement on the relationship between art and ethics can be found in his essay “Reality and Its Shadow”. Since Levinas’s view on art in this essay is predominantly negative, it poses a significant problem for the application of his theory in the field of literary studies. In order to overcome this difficulty, I use Blanchot’s reworking of Levinasian ethics, and open the possibility of a different relation between literature and ethics than the one originally suggested by Levinas. AB - Ovaj tekst postavlja sledeće pitanje: možemo li koristiti Levinasovu etiku u polju studija književnosti? Prvi korak u odgovoru na pomenuto pitanje biće analiza odnosa Emanulela Levinasa prema umetnosti. Njegovo celokupno delo sadrži mnogobrojne reference na književna i druga umetnička dela, ali najeksplicitnije teze o odnosu između umetnosti i etike nalaze se u njegovom eseju „Realnost i njena senka“. Levinasov pogled na književnost i umetnost je u ovom eseju u potpunosti negativan i zato automatska primena njegove teorije u studijama književnosti predstavlja ozbiljan problem. Kako bi prevazišli ovaj problem i otvorili mogućnost za jedan drugačiji odnos između etike i književnosti ovaj rad će predstaviti reinterpretaciju Levinasove etike od strane Morisa Blanšoa. PB - Beograd : Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju T2 - Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society T1 - Ethics and Literature: Levinas and Literary Criticism T1 - Etika i književnost: Levinas i književna kritika IS - 3 VL - 33 SP - 632 EP - 647 DO - 10.2298/FID2203632M ER -
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Mitrović, N.. (2022). Ethics and Literature: Levinas and Literary Criticism. in Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society Beograd : Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju., 33(3), 632-647. https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2203632M
Mitrović N. Ethics and Literature: Levinas and Literary Criticism. in Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society. 2022;33(3):632-647. doi:10.2298/FID2203632M .
Mitrović, Nemanja, "Ethics and Literature: Levinas and Literary Criticism" in Filozofija i društvo / Philosophy and Society, 33, no. 3 (2022):632-647, https://doi.org/10.2298/FID2203632M . .