> Dismissals are always a signal of ignorance. Only a Sith deals in absolutes! (As you dismiss all dismissals). Literary criticism has reached increasing lev

> Dismissals are always a signal of ignorance. Only a Sith deals in absolutes! (As you dismiss all dismissals). Literary criticism has reached increasing levels of "sophistication" where frankly a big fraction of it deserves to be dismissed. Conversely, people who dismiss looking for literary intentions, possible alternative interpretations on other axes of thought, and reasons that the structure works are foolish as well. I think where one goes awry and too far is when one insists that a specific interpretation is particularly valid without any real evidence of authorial intent or that other readings don't make sense. The lit crit world is buried in these insistences.