LITTLE DORRIT AND THE STRUCTURE OF BELIEF

IF 0.2 4区哲学 0 LITERARY THEORY & CRITICISM

Literature and Theology Pub Date : 2023-09-13 DOI:10.1093/litthe/frad026

Winter Jade Werner

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Abstract

Abstract This article probes the famous metaphor from Little Dorrit when Amy Dorrit is called the ‘vanishing point’ in Arthur’s ‘poor story’. Considering in conjunction with theories of perspectival drawing, belief, and ‘representative thinking’, it suggests the metaphor of the vanishing point for Charles Dickens yields a broader ethical argument regarding how one might engage with the beliefs of others. Rather than simply endorsing or rejecting others’ beliefs based on their grounding in empirical reality, Dickens suggests there is distinct moral value in maintaining and cultivating other’s beliefs—even the most ungrounded beliefs—rather than reflexively exploding them.

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小多莉特和信仰的结构

摘要本文探讨了《小多莉特》中艾米·多莉特在亚瑟王的“悲惨故事”中被称为“消失点”的著名隐喻。结合透视绘画、信仰和“代表性思维”的理论，它表明查尔斯·狄更斯的消失点的隐喻产生了一个关于一个人如何与他人的信仰接触的更广泛的伦理争论。狄更斯认为，与其基于经验现实简单地赞同或拒绝他人的信仰，还不如坚持和培养他人的信仰——即使是最没有根据的信仰——而不是反射性地推翻它们，这是一种独特的道德价值。

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期刊介绍： Literature and Theology, a quarterly peer-review journal, provides a critical non-confessional forum for both textual analysis and theoretical speculation, encouraging explorations of how religion is embedded in culture. Contributions should address questions pertinent to both literary study and theology broadly understood, and be consistent with the Journal"s overall aim: to engage with and reshape traditional discourses within the studies of literature and religion, and their cognate fields - biblical criticism, literary criticism, philosophy, politics, culture studies, gender studies, artistic theory/practice, and contemporary critical theory/practice.