ENWhat are the origins of political consciousness? How does our understanding of political power and its exercise originate in literature? Why do the early manifestations of political and religious tolerance appear in utopian literature rather than in philosophical treatises? Is it possible to do fictionally what others prefer to do academically and theoretically? These are the main foci that allow us to analyze the relationship between power and imagination, politics and literature, the principle of reality and that of imagination. [...].