Literature & the Moral Imagination

Tag: Aristotle

Movie Makers Need to Read Great Literature, Too

Post author By Lisa Nicholas, Ph. D.
Post date April 6, 2015
Categories In Catholic Reader, Legacy
Tags Aristotle, Moral Imagination, storytelling

Barbara Nicolosi (r) and Vicki Peterson (l) discuss how great stories change us for the better.

Influential screenwriter and movie critic Barbara Nicolosi applies the insights of Aristotle’s Poetics to the art of screenwriting.Continue readingMovie Makers Need to Read Great Literature, Too

Post author By Lisa Nicholas, Ph. D.
Categories In Catholic Reader, Legacy
Tags Aristotle, Moral Imagination, storytelling
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Reading and the Moral Imagination

Post author By Lisa Nicholas, Ph. D.
Post date August 11, 2010
Categories In Legacy, Read Like a Catholic
Tags An Essay in Criticism, Aristotle, C. S. Lewis, Moral Imagination, Poetics

Aristotle and C. S. Lewis agree: reading good fiction is good for you. It develops your moral imagination, by allowing you to imagine the consequences of actions in particular situations.Continue readingReading and the Moral Imagination

Post author By Lisa Nicholas, Ph. D.
Categories In Legacy, Read Like a Catholic
Tags An Essay in Criticism, Aristotle, C. S. Lewis, Moral Imagination, Poetics
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