Phenomenology and literature

an introduction

Robert Magliola

Part One describes the practical criticism of the Geneva School and of the hermeneutics of Martin Heidegger. It also infers literary theory from this practice and then compares such theory with the tenets of Parisian Structuralism. Among the Geneva critics treated are Georges Poulet, Jean-Pierre Richard, Jean Rousset, and Jean Starobinski. The influence of Edmund Husserl on these critics receives special attention. Elaborate background information is provided so that Jean-Paul Sartre, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Ludwig Binswanger may be discussed.