Interpretation

Interpretation may refer to:

==Culture== Aesthetic interpretation, an explanation of the meaning of a work of art Allegorical interpretation, an approach that assumes a text should not be interpreted literally Dramatic Interpretation, an event in speech and forensics competitions in which participants perform excerpts from plays Heritage interpretation, communication about the nature and purpose of historical, natural, or cultural phenomena Interpretation (music), the process of a performer deciding how to perform music that has been previously composed Language interpretation, the facilitation of dialogue between parties using different languages Literary theory, broad methods for interpreting literature, including historicism, feminism, structuralism, deconstruction Literary criticism, interpretation of particular works of literature Oral interpretation, a dramatic art