Critique of Pure Reason Literary Elements

Philosophical Literature, Non-Fiction.

The book has been written in 1789 and it has a universal setting. The book has been written in the context of knowledge and experience.

The narrator of the book is Immanuel Kant and it has been narrated from his point of view, which is the first person's point of view.

Pensive, Solemn, Grave, Philosophical, Intellectual.

There is no protagonist or antagonist in the book as it is based on philosophical thoughts.

The major conflict in the book is between man and his understanding of God and other concepts of the universe. According to Kant human beings attach everything to the concept of God and they deduce things from their observations. However, humans should accept only those things which they get from their experience.

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Kant's statement that we should not include the concepts of God in analytical philosophy foreshadows that he sees God as a watchmaker.

The understatement in the book is the denial of the metaphysical interpretation of reality. Kant has understated that humans should accept things on the basis of their experience. The concepts should be based on logical understanding instead of idealism.

There are allusions to metaphysical reality, philosophy, theory, knowledge, experience, space and time, transcendental observation, external senses, God as a watchmaker, God as a prime mover, disciplines of reason, Transcendental logic, analytical philosophy, Creation of Universe, Soul, Origin of Universe and fascination with the concept of God.

The writer has employed the images of getting knowledge from experience, drawing a bad theory which is without any understanding of the knowledge itself, Gd as a watchmaker and God as a prime mover. The writer has presented God as moving everything according to His will and then he has demonstrated God as watching everything from a distance after creating programming everything.

The paradox in the booK is that Kant states that thoughts about God and theology must be separated from practical philosophy but he has discussed these concepts in his book, which is named as Critique of pure reason. Kant has talked about the concepts of soul, God, the origin of universe etc along with the concepts of practical philosophy. Another paradox in the book is that the capability of seeing this world has been evolved with our fascination with the concept of God but at the same time, he says that we should drag God in all matters of life which is a paradoxical statement.

There is a parallelism between our imagination and the observation of the outer world. As we witness things, we imagine similar things in our heads. This observation is also paralleled with the recognition of unseen objects. Another parallelism is between the fascination with God and the understanding of this world.

An example of metonymy is idealism which includes all the concepts which are not based on logic. An example of synecdoche is Watchmaker, which represents God as watching everything from a distance.

The concepts of reason, logic and God have been personified in the book.