Literature and historical experience in Sartre: the engagement

Abstract

This paper int e nds to comme nt the mo ral and political cond i t io ns of historical eng a ge me nt, in particular the case of writer. On try to understand the conne c t io ns between intersubjectivity and tra nsitivity character of litera t u re, in order to eluc idate the situa t ion that Sartre calls the enc o u nter of freedoms as an eng a ge me nt assumed by writers and re a ders to pro duce me a n i ngs. This eng a ge me nt, in cont ext of located fre e dom, must be understood as a sing u l a r s i t ua t ion that show the importance of intersubjectivity as ex i s t e nc ial struc t u re and historical experience.