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Imagination and the Imaginary, Difficulties of Definition. Between Semantic Traditions and Innovations
Imagination and the Imaginary, Difficulties of Definition. Between Semantic Traditions and Innovations

Author(s): Alina Silvana Felea
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: imagination; imaginary; literature; faculty; process; mental

Summary/Abstract: To have a rich imagination today is one of the most appreciated qualities of the human being. Nevertheless, conceptually speaking, things have not changed in the sense of a reasonable definition of imagination. In the past it was considered a faculty that was sometimes subordinated, sometimes equal to the other ones. At present it is considered a process, because the dynamic of the domain is important, and its results, included in the imaginary. The excellent appreciation that imagination and the imaginary have did not result in a complete understanding of the unknown aspects of these two very complex qualities.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 95-98
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English