The paper attempts to answer the question to what extent the concept of ‘absolute
literature’ and broadly conceived hermeneutics aff ect interpretation and
what consequences there follow for the present-day study of literature and particularly
for the modern comparative cultural studies. ‘Absolute literature’ - if we
accept Roberto Calasso’s arguments - both at the time when its basis were established,
namely between 1798 (when the Schlegel brothers and Novalis set up the
Athenaeum) and 1898 (the death of Mallarmé) and later on provides the reader
with a new reading experience. And what is more, it places the ‘interpreter’ and
his whole cultural tradition in the centre of attention. Consequently, the key issue
for the author becomes the act of interpretation with the inevitable confrontation
of the aspirations of ‘absolute literature’ and hermeneutics.
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Wydział Polonistyki : Katedra Komparatystyki Literackiej, Wydział Polonistyki : Katedra Teorii Literatury