초록 열기/닫기 버튼
This thesis aims mainly to consider Leavis's view of language as revealed in his criticism in practice. This aim is motivated by the need to understand more fully what he means by the creative use of language. This need, in turn, comes from the realization that in the present day capitalism language is no longer just a means of expression, but the central form of production of man and his world, hence the very locus of capitalist exploitation and of resistance against it. Leavis deserves our special attention because his main preoccupation was to resist the logic or drive of capital ― what he calls the technologico-Benthamite civilization ― by keeping alive our awareness of the collaborative creativity represented by language. In the main body of this thesis will be examined some examples of Leavis's close analyses and judgements of some passages from well-known literary works. During the examination we will meet some important ideas: specificity, 'the third realm,' subtlety, 'to enact a meaning,' 'metaphoric life,' 'ahnung,' 'nisus,' 'the really real,' etc. All these point to a view of language which focuses on the life of the language, a life maintained by the creative collaboration of individuals who meet in the meaning, that is, in what he calls 'the third realm.' This view of language goes beyond the narrow structuralist view that language is nothing other than the relation between signifier and signified. Moreover, Leavis's view of language entails a philosophy of 'life in common'―a philosophy which is urgently needed in this world of globalized war and competition.
키워드열기/닫기 버튼
Leavis, creative use of language, life, specificity, the third realm, creative collaboration
