Roman Ingarden The Literary Work Of Art Pdf ((full)) -

The Literary Work of Art (1931) by Roman Ingarden is a foundational text in phenomenological aesthetics. It moves away from seeing literature as a mere collection of words or a psychological byproduct of the author. Instead, Ingarden argues that a literary work is a complex, multi-layered "intentional object" that requires the active participation of a reader to achieve its full existence. The Ontological Status of the Work