Literary scholars claim that narratives both "reveal" and "create." What does such a claim imply about art's..

Question

relationship to reality? (Hint: look up Speech-act theory and the term "performative")

Answer 1

This is a version of the late nineteeth century's theory of masks: that they both reveal and conceal the identity of the wearer, and derives from Wilde who stole it from Plato.

Answer 2

Literatuare creates a fictional environment in which the truth is revealed. This is truth on the personal level for the writer and the social level. The context is fictional, the theme is reality.