Toward a Balanced Interpretation of Literature

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (33) ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Hargrove
Keyword(s):  
Interpretation Of Literature

Interpretative Syntax

PMLA ◽  
1900 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-113
Author(s):  
C. Alphonso Smith
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Modern Trend ◽  
Literary Critic ◽  
English Syntax ◽  
Interpretation Of Literature ◽  
The Prestige

I am well aware that the expression interpretative syntax has not the prestige of previous usage. Indeed no one at all familiar with the modern trend of syntactical studies could say that they serve in the slightest degree as aids in the interpretation of literature. It seems to be assumed that syntax has nothing to do with literary criticism or with stylistic effects. And as the study of English syntax is now conducted, one can hardly imagine two persons more alien in their aims and methods than the literary critic and the writer on syntax.

Dworkin’s Literary Analogy

2019 ◽  
pp. 365-392
Author(s):  
Sam Shpall
Keyword(s):  
Legal Interpretation ◽  
Literary Interpretation ◽  
Ronald Dworkin ◽  
Analogical Argument ◽  
Interpretation Of Literature

For decades Ronald Dworkin defended the view that legal interpretation is constructive. One of his most fascinating arguments for this idea, which turns on an analogy between legal and literary interpretation, has been more or less ignored by philosophers of law—probably because they have not been especially interested in the claims about literary interpretation that it presupposes. This chapter explores Dworkin's analogical argument with the sensitivity it deserves, and with particular attention to its controversial ideas about the interpretation of literature. The chapter evaluates the implications of Dworkin’s analogy for his overall anti-positivist project, and for one’s thinking about legal interpretation more generally.

“Der Wald war sein Schicksal . . . .” An Ecocritical Reading of the Nibelungenlied

2016 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-289
Author(s):  
Albrecht Classen
Keyword(s):  
Middle High German ◽  
Symbolic Function ◽  
Heroic Epic ◽  
Interpretation Of Literature

This article explores, informed by recent ecocritical thinking regarding the interpretation of literature in past and present, the symbolic function of the forest space in the Middle High German heroic epic Nibelungenlied. Intriguingly, both the protagonist Siegfried and his nemesis Hagen operate in, through, and with the forest, but only Siegfried emerges as a true master of the forest, which provides him, through various channels, with much of his true strength and power. In many respects, the poet projects the forest as an ominous space where the lives of the courtly protagonists are reflected and determined. However, each protagonist responds to and engages with the forest in different way. This ecocritical approach uncovers a heretofore mostly ignored perspective regarding the importance of the forest in the Nibelungenlied.

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