Literary Krakow Flashcards
Exegesis
The analysis or interpretation of a portion of a text usually a passage or a key phrase
Hermeneutics
The theoretical examination of the understanding and intrepretation and understanding of text. The feild of study
Hermeneutics Possible approaches
1, Essentionalism: looking for one true meaning with exegetical tools.
2, Pragmatic: each interpretation calls for the redefinition of reading
3, Mixed (Gadamer): interpretation depends on the interpreter
Essentionalism
for every entitiy there are a set of attributes which are necessary to its identity and function
Is understanding and interpretation and cognition even possible?
yes- we should strive at a generalized truth
No- each interpretation speaks only about the interpreter
The Beginnings
Schleiermacher, Nietzsche, Dilthery
Verstehen (gr. to understand)
an attempt of the interpreter to identify with the authour of a text, to look at the text from the author’s point of view
Defining understanding in relation to the human sciences
it is distinct from explaining use in natural sciences
requires empathy,
it is enabled by the signs issued by others
Hermeneutics aim
understanding the author through the signs they ledt in their works
Martin Heidegger
Being and Time
Sein vs. Seiende
Being and beings
pure being
the essence of being, irreducible to known categories
characteristics of Being
unique, indefinable, uncanny obscure self evident
Dasein
being there, type of being specific to humans, conscious of its mortality and identitity, Existing in relation to others
Being in the world
Immeresed in temporality and historicity looking for authentic existence
