Publication Date
7-1973
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Robert Mounce, Margaret Bruner, Jack Thacker
Degree Program
Department of Philosophy & Religion
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
The thesis of this paper is twofold. First, there is the general concern to investigate and demonstrate clearly that there are relationships between certain superficially unrelated disciplines, namely philosophy, aesthetics and literary criticism. Second, by way of accomplishing the first aim, there is an attempt made to synthesize and explicate the contributions of a significant twentieth century intellectual. The particular procedure employed to attain these ends is the consideration of an academic field which is continually being reshaped by other separate but related disciplines. For my purposes the figure of Jean Paul Sartre and the field of literary criticism are both, as shall be demonstrated, appropriate for this investigation.
The format for analyzing Sartre’s literary criticism shall be as follows. (1) There is an investigation of Sartre’s philosophical claims. (2) There follows a discussion of Sartre’s view of literature, its value, significance, and role in society. (3) The next section relates Sartre’s views of literature to traditional problems in literary criticism. (4) In the final portion there is a brief evaluation of Sartre’s contributions to a contemporary literary criticism.
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | French and Francophone Language and Literature | French and Francophone Literature | History of Philosophy | Philosophy | Religion | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Recommended Citation
Jobe, Timothy, "Jean-Paul Sartre’s Theory of Literature" (1973). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 1710.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1710
Included in
French and Francophone Literature Commons, History of Philosophy Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons