affective fallacy
noun
a proposition in literary criticism that a piece of literature should be analyzed and described in terms of its own internal structure and not in terms of the emotional response it arouses in the reader.
In other words, the "Affective Fallacy" is the mistake of equating a work with its emotional effects upon an audience.
I find the idea of affective fallacy to be an inevitable response and should not be taken as a mistake on the part of the reader. When describing a work a literature, be it a poem, a book, an essay, I don't tend to describe the structure of the work, the rhetorical composition. I am much more likely to talk about how it made me cry, laugh, and in general how the story affected me emotionally.
That's what this blog will be about. I read a lot about everything. I will analyze books based on my personal journey through the story. I may throw in some non-fiction or based-on-a-true-story novels, but in general, I'll run the gamut of fiction works, from fantasy to mystery to historical fiction and everything in between. I hope you enjoy my thoughts and I look forward to hearing yours.
