A Multi-layer Character of the Literary Truth in Włodzimierz Odojewski's Fiction

Abstract

Treating the literary work as a purely intentional object R. Ingarden refused it veracity in the epistemic sense. However, if one looks at an actual literary work from the perspective of the reader or literary scholar, he should notice that in a peculiar way it is a carrier of truth. At the same time the multi-layer character of this truth is revealed. Włodzimierz Odojewski's fiction may serve as an example here, as it carries the truth of understanding reality. The truth of understanding reality that is constituted by many layers is the truth of realistic fiction