Once Upon a Time is a collection of essays in the philosophy of
literature with two central themes: the significance of story
–telling for us and the question of whether the novel, perhaps
the art form most closely associated with story-telling, is a
legitimate source of human knowledge. Leading philosopher of art
Peter Kivy explores why human beings are so enthralled by being
told stories and whether story-telling is a significant source of
knowledge. Starting with a study of Aristotle's Poetics, Kivy then
undertakes a critical discussion of Noel Carroll's suggestion that
our interaction with the artists of the past is a kind of
"conversation." He goes on to defend the thesis that one of the
legitimate artistic pleasures we take in novel-reading is the
acquiring of knowledge and, furthermore, that the silent reading of
a novel is a kind of performance, making the novel one of the
performing arts. The volume concludes with a chapter about jokes,
and, in particular, whether it is immoral to tell or be amused by
an "immoral" joke. This volume of essays is a must-read for anyone
seriously interested in literature and the conceptual problems it
may raise for philosophers.
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