Literature and Evil
Thanks to NiK for bringing this to my attention.
The calm, clear voice of sanity, from Georges Bataille:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XCnG...
The calm, clear voice of sanity, from Georges Bataille:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XCnG...
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Dec 10, 2016 05:49PM
Interesting. I'm curious about what he meant by "overcoming horror". Does he mean that literature should empower man to somehow transcend horror through its own text, or does he mean that literature should present the horrific in order to evoke a reader response that enables the reader to overcome the presentation of the horror through their own internal psychological or spiritual strength? Or did he mean absolutely nothing like the options I'm positing? Curious.
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This is a good question, but I am not sure I can answer it. I shall think and attempt to get back to it.
