Shadows in the Cave: A Phenomenological Approach to Literary Criticism Based on Hispanic Texts

by Mario Valdes

Professor Valdes presents a theory of literary criticism based on phenomenological philosophy - primarily the work of Husserl, Ingarden, Merleau-Ponty, and Ricoeur. His basic argument is that literary texts are inexhaustible sources of imaginative creativity for their readers, and, further, that this openness does not inhibit serious commentary but rather enhances the critic's possibilities of exchange, dialogue, and intellectual enrichment. He...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487585330
• ISBN13: 9781487585334
• Release Date: December 1982
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher