Dr Stacie Friend participated in an online symposium hosted by Aesthetics for Birds
Watch Stacie Friend's talk about Fiction and Criticism, an event hosted by the blog Aesthetics for Birds.
Dr Stacie Friend recently participated in an online symposium about Fiction and Criticism, an event hosted by the blog Aesthetics for Birds.
Her talk, 'Criticising Misrepresentation in Fiction and Non-fiction', has now been published on the Aesthetics for Birds website.
Abstract: According to the Genre Theory of Fiction, there are no essential features distinguishing fiction from non-fiction; in particular, there is no necessary connection between non-fiction and accuracy or the invitation to believe. A frequent criticism of the theory is that it undermines the justification for criticising works of non-fiction that play fast and loose with the facts. I defend the Genre Theory from this objection, arguing that it misidentifies the justification for criticising misrepresentations in non-fiction (as well as fiction).