Philosophy and Literature: Mutual Distinctiveness and Reciprocal Bond

Session Submission Type: Panel

Affiliate Organization: Working Group on Philosophy and Intellectual History

Brief Description

The panel will address a range of questions in philosophy of literature, from the uses of philosophical discourse by literary artists, to the ontological interplay between philosophical and literary speech, to the intrinsic coherence of a literary work. In all cases, the philosophical argument is intimately associated with works of literature and their analysis. Our hope is to illuminate the mutual distinctiveness and reciprocal bond between literature and philosophy.

Sub Unit

• Religion, Philosophy

Chair

• Brian Arthur Armstrong, Augusta U

Papers

• 'Transliteration' of Concepts: What Happens to Philosophy When It Becomes Part of a Literary Work? - Vladimir Leonidovich Marchenkov, Ohio U

• Philosophy of Poetry: Absorption, Transformation, Re-Invigoration - Sofya Khagi, U of Michigan

• Conceptual Babel and Speaking in Conceptual Tongues: The Role of Concepts in Dostoevsky’s 'The Brothers Karamazov' - Brian Arthur Armstrong, Augusta U

• The Concept of the Inner Form in Literature - Olga Lyanda-Geller, Purdue U

Discussant

• Marina Bykova, North Carolina State U