Jauss, H. R. (1982). Aesthetic of Reception. University of Minnesota Press.
Understanding Roman Ingarden's The Literary Work of Art : A Comprehensive Guide to Phenomenological Aesthetics roman ingarden the literary work of art pdf
The living, dynamic manifestation of the work that occurs during the act of reading. Because different readers fill in the "gaps" differently, there can be many valid concretizations of a single work. Legacy and Impact on Literary Theory Jauss, H
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Because language is finite, no author can describe an object with infinite detail. If a text states, "A man entered the room," the text does not specify his eye color, the exact number of buttons on his jacket, or his heartbeat at that exact microsecond. These gaps are spots of indeterminacy.
This paper provides an in-depth analysis of Roman Ingarden's seminal work, "The Literary Work of Art" (1931). Ingarden, a Polish philosopher, developed a phenomenological approach to understanding literary works of art. The paper explores Ingarden's concepts of the "literary work of art" and its relationship to the reader, the role of language in shaping the literary work, and the stratification of the literary work of art.
Triggered by the meaning units, this layer projects the fictional world itself—the characters, settings, items, and events. For example, when reading Hamlet , this stratum is where the Prince of Denmark and the castle of Elsinore "exist" for the reader. IV. The Stratum of Schematized Aspects