Interiority And Exteriority

By taking the phenomenon of the body out of the dualistic constraints of interior and exterior idealism and empiricism merleau ponty shows us the possibility of a fresh vantage point for future research and therapeutic application linking.

Interiority and exteriority. Fictional characters as readers in crisis. Interiority and exteriority psychic life and the world paperback september 2 1999 by dorothea olkowski editor james morley series editor 5 0 out of 5 stars 1 rating. This paper explores how a fictional character s interiority the common understanding of self interacts with what is external to it though the focus will be on the social structure of the novel.

Each contains within itself the condition which make its opposite possible. Price new from used from kindle please retry 18 33 hardcover. One of the cornerstones of my writing craft philosophy is the concept of interiority.

Interiority is always based on something exterior something with extension something that cannot be internalized or appropriated. I always define it as a character s thoughts feelings emotions and inner struggles even in picture books and even perhaps especially in third person this tool to me is the most crucial one in a writer s arsenal. Things with extension are spatial.

Exterior action and detail produce a strong sense of emotion opinion and interiority so that we leave a book with the impression that we ve been given the inside of a character s head or soul but often that s come to us largely through exteriority. Interiority is usually grounded in scene and action interwoven with external detail. Yet one of the recent developments in cultural studies has been a move from considering these performances as not merely characteristic of specific cultural regimes but expressive or indeed as something which performatively constitutes culture.

See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. A boundary with its own complex topography seems to appear between the two. The titles help explain this interiority by suggesting that hotel swimming pools not architectural elevations are the focus of this investigation of the urban scene it is also the point of reference for a spatial politics that guides our differentiation between interiority and exteriority immediate environment and wider culture.