Cognition of the literary work of art studies in phenomenology and existential philosophy. The cognition of the literary work of art by ingarden, roman, 1893publication date 1973 topics literature aesthetics, literature philosophy. February 5, 1893 june 14, 1970 was a polish philosopher who worked in phenomenology, ontology and aesthetics before world war ii, ingarden published his works mainly in the german language. He also employs the concept of aspect to clarify the ontic structure of these art works and the distinction between the concretization of the work and the work itself. While it is difficult to find any radical turning points in the philosophy of roman ingarden, an inner tension can be detected. Cognition of the literary work of art studies in phenomenology and existential philosophy ingarden, roman, crowley, ruth ann, olsen, kenneth on. Roman ingarden, the work of music and the problem of its identity berkeley. Roman ingarden, the literary work of art philpapers. It appears to have been ingarden s research on the literary work of art that inspired the brief flurry of interest in aesthetics among phenomenologists in the late 1920s. An investigation on the borderlines of ontology, logic, and theory of literature.
However, as the title ofjeff mitscherlings baokindicates, we are meant to view ingarden in a new light. The literary work of art download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Read download the literary work of art pdf pdf download. The literary work of art northwestern university press. Shortly after ingarden s visits to freiburg in 1927 and 1928, husserl suggested the analysis of the picture to fink as a topic for his doctoral dissertation, and. Notes from roman ingardens book the literary work of art. During the war, he switched to polish, and as a result his major works in ontology went largely unnoticed by the wider world philosophical community. Download pdf the literary work of art free online new. Ingarden elaborates upon the conception of concretization which he present in the literary work of art and applies it to music and visual art.
In roman ingardens philosophy of literature wojciech chojna discusses ingardens theory of literary works and develops a phenomenological account of identity. The literary work of art roman ingarden vanity fea. Though it is interdisciplinary in scope, situated as it is on the borderlines of ontology and logic, philosophy of literature and theory of language, ingardens work has a deliberately narrow focus. This paper represents an attempt to systematize the various presumptions concerning the author of a certain literary work of art. Idealismrealism, historicity and nature papers and debate of the international phenomenological conference held at the university of waterloo, canada, april 914, 1969.
Cognition of the literary work of art, evanston, 1973concretion and reconstruction in aesthetics of reception, ed. It addresses the question of what consequences there are in holding various positions on the ontology of word and sentence meanings that are used in the creation of fictional objects. At the same time, it reevaluates the standard and schematized terms regarding literature as a whole, the essence of literary language, the existence of literary genre, etc. Seifert on ingarden s theory of quasijudgments which was delivered at an international conference on ingarden held in liechtenstein in 1989. An upshot of the fact that narratives represent only incompletely determined states of affairs, endowed with spots of indeterminacy. Notes from roman ingarden s book the literary work of art. Roman ingarden, the cognition of the literary work of art.
O dziele literackim the literary work of art translated into italian o dziele literackim the literary work of art is now translated into italian. While roman ingarden is well known for his work in aesthetics and studies in ontology, one of his most important and lasting contributions has been largely overlooked. Roman ingardens theory of value of the work of art in the light of marxist aesthetic, dialectics and humanism 2, 12332. His ideas have proven especially fruitful for the definition of the structure of the literary work of art and the subsequent recognition of its characteristic.
A leading polish philosopher of the 20th century, roman ingarden is principally renowned in western culture for his work in aesthetics and the theory of literature. A student of edmund husserls from the gottingen period, ingarden was a realist phenomenologist who spent much of his career working against what he took to be husserls turn to transcendental idealism. An investigation on the bordelines of ontology, logic and theory of literature, evanston, 1973. This essential anatomy makes basic tools and concepts available for rigorous and subtle aesthetic analysis.
Ontology as a science of pure possibilities is set against metaphysics as a science of the essence of actually existing being. An upshot of the fact that narratives represent only incompletely determined states of affairs, endowed with spots of indeterminacy, is that readers fill out the blanks left by the author. Roman ingardens very extensive philosophical work in metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, and aesthetics con tinues to attract increasing attention both in poland and in north america. Ingarden s prefaces to the first and second editions of lwa in the preface to the first edition of the literary work of art1 ingarden states lwa ixxii.
This is the core of the noted polish philosopher roman ingarden s theory of art as well as of his aesthetics. Thus roman ingarden confronts the structure of the literary text with the ways in which it can be konkretisiert realized. Ingarden literary work of art phenomenology philosophy. I will refer to this work in the following as streit. During the war, he switched to polish, and as a result his major works. Ingardens and mukarovskys binominal definition of the. Discover book depositorys huge selection of roman ingarden books online. The literary work and its concretization in roman ingarden. Roman ingarden, the work of music and the problem of its. Pdf cognition of the literary work of art download. In the literary work of art 1973a and the cognition of the literary work of art. The cognition of the literary work of art by roman ingarden. Major bibliographies of his work as well as of studies. In the preface to the first edition ofthe literary work of art.
While roman ingarden remains best known among english. The ontology of roman ingarden, edited by chrudzimski, arkadiusz, 1156. Twenty years after ingarden s death, this volume demonstrates that the polish phenomenologists contribution to philosophy and literary scholarship has received worldwide attention. An investigation of the borderlines of ontology, logic and the theory of language by roman ingarden at barnes. The polish philosopher, roman ingarden, is bestknown for his work in aesthetics found in the literary work 0. Contents preface ix introduction 1 ingarden s relevance today 4 1 introduction to the concept of identity 17 some traditional approaches 17 ingarden s general ontology 25 2 nature and identity of a literary work in american aesthetics 31 nelson goodmans syntactical identity 33 richard wolheims amendment 35 psychologism 37 semantic accounts 40 joseph margoliss culturally emergent. The eidetic investigations of the literary work of art prepared the starting point for an analysis of the idea and mode of real being in ingardens. Roman ingarden s ontology andaesthetics jeff mitscherling ottawa, university ofottawa press, 1997, 245p. A theoretical possibility of this kind of reevaluation is the reexamination of the. It is really surprising that roman ingarden, whose the literary work of art is widely recognized among theoreticians of literature and aestheticians, does not make it into western mainly english language companions to metaphysics, even though most of the analyses comprising the controversy. On the aesthetics of roman ingarden interpretations and. Although the main subject of my investigations is the literary work, or the literary work of art, the ultimate motives for my. Roman ingarden is the author of ksiazeczka o czlowieku 3.
Further work left uncompleted at his death is appearing. Contents preface ix introduction 1 ingardens relevance today 4 1 introduction to the concept of identity 17 some traditional approaches 17 ingardens general ontology 25 2 nature and identity of a literary work in american aesthetics 31 nelson goodmans syntactical identity 33 richard wolheims amendment 35 psychologism 37 semantic accounts 40 joseph margoliss culturally emergent. Jeff mitscherling demonstrates, in this extensive work, how ingarden s thought constitutes a major contribution to the more fundamental fields of ontology and metaphysics. Although the main subject of my investigations is the literary work, or the literary work of art, the ultimate motives for my work on this subject are of a general philosophical nature, and they far transcend this particular subject. Ingarden s last work english translation 1983 is devoted to the ontological foundations of responsibility. He came to fame on the international stage mainly as an aesthetic. Click download or read online button to get roman ingarden s ontology and aesthetics book now. By far ingardens bestknown and most influential work, especially in the englishspeaking world, is the literary work of art, which was written around 1926, and first published in german in 1931. Ingarden literary work of art free download as pdf file. An investigation of the borderlines of ontology, logic, and theory of language studies in phenomenology and existential philosophy ingarden, roman, grabowicz, george g.
The literary word of art establishes the groundwork. His work the literary work of art has been widely influential in literary theory as. A leading polish philosopher of the twentieth century, roman ingarden is principally renowned in western culture for his work in aesthetics and the theory of literature. In these studies roman ingarden investigates the nature and mode of being of four kinds of art works. An upshot of the fact that narratives represent only incompletely. As an intentional formation transcendent to all conscious experiences, those of the author as well as those of the reader ingarden the work has. One of his greatest achievements consists in not merely.
Roman ingarden s ontology and aesthetics download ebook. The text as such offers different schematised views through which the subject matter of the work can come to light, but the actual bringing to light is an action of konkretisation. The literary word of art establishes the groundwork for a philosophy of literature, i. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. One of his greatest achievements consists in not merely analyzing the literary work of art but also in investigating it on the premise that the reader can concretize the work. This is the core of the noted polish philosopher roman ingardens theory of art as well as of his aesthetics. A phenomenological approach wolfgang iser t he phenomenological theory of art lays full stress on the idea that, in considering a literary work, one must take into account not only the actual text but also, and in equal measure, the actions involved in responding to that text.
Ingarden is principally known, however, not for his investigations in general ontology and metaphysics but for his writings in aesthetics, and especially for his classic work on the ontology of literature 1931, english translation 1973. Roman ingardens unique conception of aesthetic objects. Pdf roman ingarden 1973a, 1973b developed an ontology of the literary. Literary work of art studies in phenomenology and existential philosophy. A new and philosophical biography of roman ingarden written by prof. Roman ingarden 1973a, 1973b developed an ontology of the literary artwork with implications for a theory of reader experience. Download pdf roman ingarden s ontology and aesthetics. Brzozowski this thesis addresses the problem of the essence and mode of existence of the objects created by sentences found in literary works. Roman ingardens philosophy of literature a phenomenological. We shall proceed differently than have previous investiga. It is fundamentally a work in ontology, in ingardens sense see 2 above, laying out the essential features anything must have to be counted as a literary work, what parts it must have and how they are interrelated, and how such entities as literary works relate to other sorts of entities such. Roman ingarden 1893 1970 was a polish phenomenologist, ontologist and aesthetician.
Hedwig conradmartius, a cosmic realist at the university of munich, worked intensively in the ontology of nature. The literary work of art a work he wrote in german between 1927 1928 during a scholarship in germany and france is already regarded as a classic piece of writing and has been translated into several dozen languages. Roman witold ingarden was a polish philosopher who worked in phenomenology, ontology and aesthetics. Ingarden s concept of aesthetics starts with a reflection on a literary work, but it is also supposed to be or at least this is the philosophers intention applied to the analysis of other fields of art such as painting, theatre, architecture or music.
Roman ingarden, the work of music and the problem of its identity. It also analyzes the type of logical structure and nature fictional objects possess, making use of insights gained from roman ingarden. Though it is interdisciplinary in scope, situated as it is on the borderlines of ontology and logic, philosophy of literature and theory of language, ingarden s work has a deliberately narrow focus. The theme of this paper is the relationship between the structure of the literary work and its concretization or between the work and its aesthetic objectivity. Ingardeniana ii new studies in the philosophy of roman. Adam wegrzecki cracow university of economics and ms raphael kur jagiellonian university will be launched in 2015. He establishes that the work of art is a purely intentional object but considers also its connections to the real world. The cognition of the literary work of art by ingarden, roman, 1893publication date 1973 topics. Before world war ii, ingarden published his works mainly in the german language. Click download or read online button to get the literary work of art book now. With an appendix on the function of language in the theater. The literary work and its concretization in roman ingardens.
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