Literature, Ideology, and the Imaginary

Abstract

In his paper Literature, Ideology and the Imaginary, Marcello Potocco analyses the elusive relation between literature and ideology. developed by Castoriadis -brings the possibility to reconsider the relation between the literary structure, its reception, and ideology. While ideology is seen as a radical expression of the social imaginary in modern society, it can only manifest itself through the ideological function, which does not necessarily destruct the aesthetic experience. In a literary structure, elements may exist that enable a strong identification with the extra identifications with significations of the social imaginary. I play a secondary role, while conceptual for the reader's identification. An ideological structure retains a largely conventional, pragmatic relation between the signifiers and the signified, linking them to the social imaginary a uniform interpretative code. Neverth a text always depends on the social, extra interpellate as a socio-historical force imposed on a text. > ISSN 1481-4374