Literary scholars claim that narratives both "reveal" and "create

Question:

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

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

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

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.