Expressivist theory and lines

by | Aug 10, 2011 | aethetics, Uncategorized, Wolterstorff

The expressivist theory of art runs into immediate problems in the interpretive phase. If we say that Romeo and Juliet is “sad” (a poor descriptor, I know), what do we mean? Do we mean that Shakespeare was sad when he wrote it, and some of his sadness got into the...