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Different approaches to literary criticism and my point of view on this matter. Following the main idea of the indentation from the " Handbook of critical approaches to literature" I may assert that there is a disagreement among critics not only about the subject of inquiry but also about the whole purpose of critical activity. It is here that debates can become especially acrimonious. In particular, there is disagreement about the proper relation between the critic …

…of today's art may be understood as motivated by interpretation. To avoid interpretation, art may become abstract. Or it may become ("merely") decorative. Or it may become non-art. But here again we should take into account that interpretation is not (as most people assume) an absolute value, and it must itself be evaluated, within a historical view of human consciousness. In some cultural contexts, interpretation is a liberating actIn other cultural contexts, it is impertinent.