The Aesthetic Value of Literary Works  in Roman Ingarden’s Philosophy

Hicham Jakha

doi:10.17951/kw.2021.32.165-185

The Aesthetic Value of Literary Works in Roman Ingarden’s Philosophy

Hicham Jakha

Abstract

In this paper, I attempt to formulate an Ingardenian conception of the literary work’s aesthetic value. Following Mitscherling’s lead, I attempt to place Ingarden’s aesthetics within his overall phenomenological-ontological project. That is, I argue that Ingarden’s aesthetics can only be properly fathomed in the context of his ontological deliberations, since, as he himself often enunciated, all his philosophical investigations constitute a realist rejoinder to Husserl’s turn toward transcendental idealism. To this end, I bring together insights from his aesthetics and ontology to establish a coherent account of values, where artistic and aesthetic values are analyzed as they manifest themselves in the literary work of art. By attending to the ontology of its aesthetic (and artistic) values, I argue, the literary work’s stratified formation becomes more explicit.

Keywords

Roman Ingarden; aesthetic value; artistic value; the literary work of art; ontology; aesthetics

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/kw.2021.32.165-185
Date of publication: 2022-04-17 23:42:02
Date of submission: 2021-12-13 17:35:41

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