Author: Pedersen, Arild
Title: Portrait of a Hero or a Theory of the Novel
Description: Oslo, Scandinavian University Pres, 1998. orig.wrappers. 24x15cm, xxii,359 pp. Series: Acta Humaniora, Nr. 34.. Some rubbing. Good. ¶ The study presents a functionalistic theory of the novel, modelled on the poetics of Aristotle, seeing the novel as having a certain epistemological function based in fundamental human needs, It is argued that the novel has the specific function of being a 'theory' in the original sense of giving a 'view' of things that can not be studied scholarly, namely, of how a personality may undergo a Bildung through integrating the forces of agency / mastery and communion / love that are present within itself and in society" - rear cover.

Keywords: Philosophy of Literature, Literary Criticism, Novel, Fiction, , , , ,