THE RELEVANCE OF THE PROBLEM OF INTERPRETATION IN LITERARY CRITICISM

Abstract

This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical foundations of the problem of interpretation in literary criticism, its historical development, and its relevance in contemporary literary studies. Interpretation, as one of the central categories of literary criticism, plays an important methodological role in the process of understanding, evaluating, and explaining a work of art. The article analyzes the interpretation of the concept of interpretation in philosophical, aesthetic, and literary-theoretical sources, the level of study of this problem in Uzbek literary studies, and approaches to interpreting classical and modern literary texts. Also, the relationship between the author and the reader, context, intertextual connections, and issues of subjectivity and objectivity are considered as important aspects of the problem of interpretation. The results of the study show the relevance of the problem of interpretation in literary criticism in today's scientific and aesthetic process.