PT Journal
AU Sladek, O
TI Eduard Petru and the problem of interpretation
SO Bohemica Olomucensia
PY 2019
BP 76
EP 90
VL 11
IS 3
DI 10.5507/bo.2019.033
DE Eduard Petru; interpretation; hermeneutics; contextualization; structural and functional analysis; genre studies
AB This study deals with Eduard Petru's concept of interpretation and his approach to interpretation. The study explains the basic theoretical and methodological basis of his scientific works. The core of Petru's concept of interpretation is the theory of interpretive space, interpretive fields and the interpretive center. According to Petru, the basic key to the interpretation of the text is its poetics. The pivotal elements of his method of interpretation are contextualization, comparison, structural and functional analysis, and genre studies. Petru is convinced that the aim of literary research is to obtain an adequate interpretation of the studied text. His concept of interpretation is text-centered and empirical: the interpretation is based on critical and rigorous analysis of the text material.
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