Influence of Hermeneutics and Reception Aesthetics Theories in the Comparative Analysis of Literary Texts Self

Abstract

Literary texts by their nature are texts that are made up of semantic layers and hiatuses
interwoven with feelings and thoughts gained through life experiences but expressed through
fiction. After being written by the author, literary texts are static until they are read. This means
that literary texts are literally to be reconstructed by the reader's reception and interpretation.
Comparative critics as competent readers examine literary texts by comparing them with one
another. Among the literary analysis methods used in the analysis of the texts are two theories
that foreground the reader most prominently. Hermeneutics and reception aesthetics make the
reader advantageous in construing the layers and hiatuses in literary texts. This study aims to
show the effect of two theories on the comparative interpretation of literary texts. The method
adopted is to compare the two theories with the thoughts of experts on the interpretation of
literary texts. The results reveal that the theories of reception and interpretation increase the
efficiency of the critics in the analysis of literary texts made in the field of comparative literature.
The impact of this gains even more significance in the interpretation of the post-modern art.