(Im)possibilities of Literary Criticism Texts and Their Place on the Market

Abstract

The introductory part of the paper tackles several issues related to the interpretations of literary works under the influence of poststructuralist and deconstructionist theories in the literary science. The paper also focuses on
the issue of the status of literary criticism during the reign of spectacles and market. In the context of contemporary reality, the existence of texts (in the broad sense of the word) cannot be compared to what we have already witnessed in the entire history of literacy. The underlying theses are supported by examples from the contemporary Croatian literature and media, as well as literary criticism publications in print, on the Internet and radio.