Plato on Truth in Literature. The Peculiar Correspondence between Literal and Non-literal Levels in Poetic Work

Authors

  • Carolina Delgado Author Conicet

Keywords:

Plato, story, truth, falsehood, literary level.

Abstract

In this paper I intend, based on section R. 376e9-378e3, to reconstruct the Platonic treatment for correlation that would define the nature of truth that pertains to a poetic work. I will argue that (1) in Plato's poetological conception, it is conceptually possible to disaggregate two levels within literary discourse, namely the 'story' or literal level (set of narrative elements) and the 'core meaning' or non-literal level (set of moral notions contained as the focus of the story) and (2), together with the distinction of levels, Plato has also identified the peculiar type of correlation that exist between them to establish, from there, the value of the literary work as a whole.

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Author Biography

Carolina Delgado, Conicet

Es Licenciada en Filosofía (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina) y Dra. en Filosofía (Universidad de Navarra, España). Actualmente se desempeña como Investigador Asistente en CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina) y se ocupa de la recepción del pensamiento platónico en el helenismo alejandrino.

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Published

2015-05-19

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Research Articles

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