Whether or not to be afraid of demons? The theory at the time of posttheory

Abstract

The article shows an attempt to answer the elementary question: the status of the theory of text interpretation in contemporary literary studies. This problem has already been analyzed from many perspectives, but today the most important issue seems to be theory remaining in its present form (which resembles a demon within the meaning of A. Compagnon – a kind of fi ction). According to the author, a solution is the general consensus about the fi ctional nature of theoretical assumptions, but the condition of consciousness, that the fi ctional nature of theory is – on constructivistic way – operative.