caa a22 4500 445301902 CHVBK 20180317142600.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12124-010-9138-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12124-010-9138-3 Kurakin Dmitry Centre for Fundamental Sociology, State University—Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia aut Literature as a Meaningful Life Laboratory [Elektronische Daten] [Dmitry Kurakin] Meaningful life is emotionally marked off. That's the general point that Johansen (IPBS: Integrative Psychological & Behavioral Science 44, 2010) makes which is of great importance. Fictional abstractions use to make the point even more salient. As an example I've examined Borges' famous fiction story. Along with the examples of Johansen it provides an informative case of exploring symbolic mechanisms which bind meaning with emotions. This particular mode of analysis draws forth poetry and literature in general to be treated as a "meaningful life laboratory”. Ways of explanation of emotional effect the art exercises on people, which had been disclosed within this laboratory, however, constitute a significant distinction in terms that I have designated as "referential” and "substantive”. The former appeals to something that has already been charged with emotional power, whereas the latter comes to effect by means of special symbolic mechanisms creating the emotional experience within the situation. Johansen, who tends to explain emotions exerted by the art without leaving the semiotic perspective, is drawn towards the "referential” type of explanation. Based upon discussions in theory of metaphor and Robert Witkin's sociological theory of arts it is demonstrated an insufficient of "referential” explanation. To overcome a monopoly of "referential” explanation of emotional engagement, in particular, in literature, means to break away from the way of reasoning, stating endless references to "something else”, presupposing the existence of something already significant and therefore sharing its effects. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2010 Emotion nationallicence Meaning nationallicence Memory nationallicence Sacred nationallicence Metaphor nationallicence Aesthetic nationallicence Symbolic nationallicence Perceptional mode nationallicence Arts nationallicence Poetic device nationallicence Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science Springer-Verlag 44/3(2010-09-01), 227-234 1932-4502 44:3<227 2010 44 12124 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-010-9138-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-010-9138-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Kurakin Dmitry Centre for Fundamental Sociology, State University—Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science Springer-Verlag 44/3(2010-09-01), 227-234 1932-4502 44:3<227 2010 44 12124 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer