Methodological Aspects of Illustrating the Cognitive-Reflective Function of Aesthetic Communication

We discuss the usefulness of the (Heidelberg) Structure-Formation Technique (SFT) for illustrating the cognitive-reflective function of a esthetic communication.Therefore we analyse modifications in readers' knowledgesystems caused by the reception and processing of (positive) literary Utopias. By taking structural as well as content specific aspects into consideration we outline the qualification and the limitation of the SFT in the realm of aesthetic communication. unknown unknown