Research Article

Against Dryness: A Polemical Essay by Iris Murdoch

Volume: 3 Number: 1 June 28, 2024
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Against Dryness: A Polemical Essay by Iris Murdoch

Abstract

‘Dryness’ essentially seems to be the opposite of Murdoch’s own writing. Murdoch dislikes ‘dryness’, and suggests that art, specifically literature, has become dry because of society, and the Welfare State. As society becomes less structured in terms of not only class, but morality, literature has also become less structured, less “crystalline”, because people and therefore writers, have become less curious about the world around them, which in Murdoch’s view “needs” to be explored, understood and then written about. If novels become “crystalline” once again, as they were in the 19th Century “the great era of the novel”, they will be the opposite of “dryness”, which will lead morals and virtues to return to society.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

World Languages, Literature and Culture (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 28, 2024

Submission Date

May 28, 2024

Acceptance Date

June 26, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 3 Number: 1

APA
Silindir Keretli, G. (2024). Against Dryness: A Polemical Essay by Iris Murdoch. Yedi Aralık Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 3(1), 1-5. https://izlik.org/JA62BD38ZR
AMA
1.Silindir Keretli G. Against Dryness: A Polemical Essay by Iris Murdoch. YASAD. 2024;3(1):1-5. https://izlik.org/JA62BD38ZR
Chicago
Silindir Keretli, Gülten. 2024. “Against Dryness: A Polemical Essay by Iris Murdoch”. Yedi Aralık Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 3 (1): 1-5. https://izlik.org/JA62BD38ZR.
EndNote
Silindir Keretli G (June 1, 2024) Against Dryness: A Polemical Essay by Iris Murdoch. Yedi Aralık Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 3 1 1–5.
IEEE
[1]G. Silindir Keretli, “Against Dryness: A Polemical Essay by Iris Murdoch”, YASAD, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1–5, June 2024, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA62BD38ZR
ISNAD
Silindir Keretli, Gülten. “Against Dryness: A Polemical Essay by Iris Murdoch”. Yedi Aralık Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi 3/1 (June 1, 2024): 1-5. https://izlik.org/JA62BD38ZR.
JAMA
1.Silindir Keretli G. Against Dryness: A Polemical Essay by Iris Murdoch. YASAD. 2024;3:1–5.
MLA
Silindir Keretli, Gülten. “Against Dryness: A Polemical Essay by Iris Murdoch”. Yedi Aralık Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, vol. 3, no. 1, June 2024, pp. 1-5, https://izlik.org/JA62BD38ZR.
Vancouver
1.Gülten Silindir Keretli. Against Dryness: A Polemical Essay by Iris Murdoch. YASAD [Internet]. 2024 Jun. 1;3(1):1-5. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA62BD38ZR

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