Author : Abraham B. Yehoshua
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815606567
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (65 download)
Book Synopsis The Terrible Power of a Minor Guilt by : Abraham B. Yehoshua
Download or read book The Terrible Power of a Minor Guilt written by Abraham B. Yehoshua and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2000-12-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the relationship between literature and morality? Theater and ethics? Film and moral values? It has become unfashionable for today's critics to make even fleeting references to the moral issues raised by novels, stories, plays, and films. The renowned Israeli novelist and critic Abraham B. Yehoshua considers these crucial questions and illuminates his reading of nine texts—from the story of Cain and Abel to Camus, from Dostoyevsky to Raymond Carver-by admitting the moral dimension into his critical appraisals. How is the aesthetic value of a piece of writing to be established? In addition to traditional criteria, such as psychological complexity, originality of subject matter, and use of language, Yehoshua demonstrates how characters, who undergo moral as well as intellectual development and discover a capacity to transform themselves, embody literature's greatest achievements.