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 FeleaSubject(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.
Journal: Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov, Series IV: Philology & Cultural Studies
- Issue Year: 2012
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 95-98
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English