Novels Never Lie
Abstract In this article, I shall argue that being a lie disqualifies something from being a literary work. If something is a lie then it is not a literary work of any kind, and if something is a literary work of any kind then it is not a lie. Being a literary work, and being a lie, are mutually exc...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | The British journal of aesthetics 2019-09, Vol.59 (3), p.323-338 |
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In this article, I shall argue that being a lie disqualifies something from being a literary work. If something is a lie then it is not a literary work of any kind, and if something is a literary work of any kind then it is not a lie. Being a literary work, and being a lie, are mutually exclusive categories. |
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| ISSN: | 0007-0904 1468-2842 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/aesthj/ayz034 |