TOD DES AGAMEMNON UND ´TOD DES AGAMEMNON´. ZUR GÜLTIGKEIT LITERATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN ÄUßERUNGEN MIT FIKTIONALEN TERMINI
DEATH OF AGAMEMNON AND ‘DEATH OF AGAMEMNON’. THE ACCEPTABILITY OF STATEMENTS WITH FICTIONAL TERMS)

Summary/Abstract: The following article discusses particular problems concerning the acceptability of a category of statements regarding fictional literature, i.e. those comprising fictional terms. Some theoretical prerequisites of an established institutional literary scholarly treatment of fictional literature are outlined. It is pointed out that this theoretical background allows the distinction between acceptable and not acceptable statements in consideration of fictional literature. It is argued that, given this theoretical framework, the use of expressions mentioning fictive characters that occur in literary texts and referring to fictional structures should be considered acceptable. The use of expressions referring to fictive characters should not be considered acceptable. “Fictional” is used in this article when meaning

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