Literary notes about interpretation (AI summary)
In literature, interpretation functions as a multifaceted tool that enables readers and critics to uncover layers of meaning underlying a text. It is employed in psychoanalytical discussions where a dream or symbol may reveal hidden facets of the human psyche ([1], [2], [3]), while also playing a crucial role in moral and ethical debates where discerning rightness or meaning can impact philosophical inquiry ([4], [5], [6]). The term is equally significant in historical and political contexts, serving as a bridge between raw events and the structured analysis of their causes and implications ([7], [8], [9]). Furthermore, literary criticism often hinges on the interpreter’s subjective engagement with the text, as seen in reflections on art, drama, or personal encounters with a work of literature ([10], [11], [12]). This diversity shows that interpretation, far from being a single, fixed exercise, is an evolving dialogue between text, context, and reader.
- There is danger of overlooking a thoroughly admissible second interpretation of the same dream.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - But to understand the dream means to be able to say why it has chosen just this sound and no other for the interpretation of the alarm-clock stimulus.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - First of all, I must confess to you that no one practices dream interpretation as his main occupation.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - Here the difficulties of moral interpretation are much increased.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick - [454] Good or Wellbeing which at first sight least admit of a hedonistic interpretation.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick - This very distinction, however, suggests an interpretation of the notion of rightness which denies its peculiar significance in moral judgments.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick - An interpretation of the political and parliamentary influences that dominate law-making in America.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - Alexander allowed himself to be influenced by this interpretation to continue the siege, and finally captured Tyre.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - The formula "struggle for existence," familiar in human affairs, was used by Darwin in his interpretation of organic life, and he
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - And I think there can be no doubt that this is the obvious and natural interpretation of the scene.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. Bradley - I met the eye of the Psychologist, and read my own interpretation in his face.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells - Every reader must find his own interpretation according to his ability, and according to his sympathy with the poet."
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson
