Is Interpretation Destroying Your Favourite Artworks? Susan Sontag's Case Against Hermeneutics

Описание: "Instead of hermeneutics we need an erotics of art", the American scholar Susan Sontag stated. What does art mean? What is the role of literary interpretation? Big questions like these have been debated since centuries. In her 1964 essay "Against Interpretation", Susan Sontag expresses her own views, arguing for a certain kind of interpretation and against many others. I react to her essay from my own perspective as an advocate for hermeneutics.

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About this channel
I am Laura, a PhD student of Comparative Literature in Germany. I make videos on classic literature such as the origins of modern fantasy and sci-fi stories in ancient and medieval times and videos on literary theory, especially on hermeneutics and aesthetics.

Video chapters:

0:00 Intro
1:06 Sontag's Essay
14:36 What is a desirable interpretation?
16:40 Sontag's conclusion
17:57 My conclusion
19:53 What do you think?
20:34 Key Takeaways from the Essay
21:36 Outro

Sources:
Susan Sontag, Against Interpretation, 1964.
Images of Marx and Freud from Wikimedia Commons

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#hermeneutics #susansontag #literarytheory #literature #interpretation #literaryanalysis #goth #gothic #thegothicbookshelf #academia #art #meaning