SCHLEIERMACHER’S HERMENEUTIC METHOD IN THE CONTEXT OF THE STUDY OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PROSE

Abstract

The author of the article systematizes various aspects of Friedrich Schleiermacher’s hermeneutic paradigm, generalizes the key points of his literary theory and determines the place of Schleiermacher’s method in the world of modern humanities. The article shows that Schleiermacher’s analytical principles remain relevant despite a number of changes. The presented review raises the question of the universality of the hermeneutic method as a general humanitarian philosophical concept. Particular attention to the relevance of a comprehensive hermeneutic approach for modern research on psychological and autobiographical novel proseis paid. The author highlights the possibility of achieving an understanding of the text at a higher level through the formation of a specific paradigm that unites humanitarian areas understanding art as a number of various objectivities of the human spirit, speech and behavioral acts, the individual author’s picture of the world and one’s intentions and motives. The results of a comparative analysis of literary works of various eras are presented: “Joseph Anton” by Salman Rushdie and “Education of Henry Adams” by Henry Adams. The importance of the structural division of psychological interpretation in the framework of Schleiermacher’s hermeneutic theory is proved.