PERSPECTIVISM AS AN APPROACH TO BOTH LITERARY ANALYSIS AND PHILOSOPHY: A STUDY OF THE LITERARY WORKS OF HERVÉ GUIBERT IN RELATION TO THE PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS OF JOSÉ ORTEGA Y GASSET

Abstract

In order to better understand the relationship between literature and philosophy, the paper takes as its starting point a number of reflections by José Ortega y Gasset; indeed, his ideas help demonstrate the value of literature for philosophical thought. The structure of a literary narrative is an interesting working space for perspectivism, and the literary works of Hervé Guibert serve as a useful case study to exemplify this idea. It will be argued that philosophy and literature are two perspectives that coincide and favour a more complex study of the plurality of differing viewpoints, which applies to both their content and dissimilarities.