Fiction and the Ontological Landscape

Fiction and the Ontological Landscape

The paper examines fictional ontologies in relation to the distinction between sacred and profane ontologies. This distinction suggests that most cultures organize their worldview into various ontological landscapes. Several types of such landscapes are examined and fiction is characterized as a per...

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Main Author: Thomas G. Pavel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 1981-09-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol6/iss1/8
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