#terry eagleton

"If we are inspired only by literature that reflects our own interests, all reading becomes a form of narcissism."

- " söylemen gerekeni değil hissettiğini söyle " -

Part of what we mean by a ‘literary’ work is one in which what is said is to be taken in terms of how it is said. It is the kind of writing in which the content is inseparable from the language in which it is presented. Language is constitutive of the reality or experience, rather than simply a vehicle for it.

Los juicios de valor son notoriamente variables, por eso se deduce de la definición de literatura como forma de escribir altamente apreciada que no es una entidad estable. Los tiempos cambian, los valores no proclaman el anuncio de un diario, como si todavía creyéramos que hay que matar a las criaturas enfermizas o exhibir en público a los enfermos mentales.

"Morality has precious little to do with feeling in any case. The fact that you feel a surge of nausea at the sight of someone with half their head shot away is neither here nor there as long as you try to help them. Conversely, feeling intense compassion for someone who has just fallen down a manhole, while nipping down a side-street to avoid having to haul him out, will not win you many humanitarian prizes."