I've been critiquing art in writing as a hobby for a long time but up until recently I didn't know anything about reception theory ("the meaning of a text is not inherent within the text itself, but is created within the relationship between the text and the reader", source: Wikipedia) or anything about Hermeneutics. It seems like these schools of thought are in opposition with one another but I find myself using parts of both in order to write more comprehensive but also personal critiques of the art I engage with. For example, I've found that reading/watching interviews with authors after reading a book is a great way of re-interpreting a text through the eyes of the author while also recognizing that, for me, the author's beliefs about what they think their novel means is just another interpretation among many and not necessarily the "correct" one. I can't wait to watch more of your videos on Hermeneutics, thanks so much for sharing!

I am so happy just now finding you!