Aesthetic Intention in the Literary Work of Art
Revue Motifs 1 – Le Geste (2016)
At the heart of this article is a fairly straightforward assertion: that literature has a trans-verbal level at which it affects us as a work of art. Hence discussing a novel means bringing to the fore not only its overt narrative function but also its covert artistic function: a consideration of the work in light of its aesthetic intention. . .
