Hermeneutics is primarily concerned with the interpretation of texts and cultural artifacts, seeking to understand their meaning and significance within their historical and cultural contexts.

Reader-response criticism emphasizes the importance of the reader's subjective experience and response to a text, arguing that the meaning of a text is created through the interaction between the text and the reader.

Structuralism in hermeneutics views the text as a self-contained system of signs and symbols, with its own internal structure and logic, independent of the author's intentions or the reader's interpretation.

New Historicism examines the relationship between a text and its historical and cultural context, seeking to understand the text's meaning in relation to the social, political, and cultural forces that shaped its creation.

Deconstruction aims to uncover the hidden meanings and structures within a text, challenging traditional notions of truth, meaning, and authority, and revealing the multiple and often contradictory interpretations that a text can generate.

Linguistic hermeneutics explores the relationship between language and thought, examining how language shapes our understanding of the world and how it influences our interpretations of texts and cultural artifacts.

Phenomenological hermeneutics emphasizes the importance of the reader's subjective experience in interpreting a text, arguing that the meaning of a text is revealed through the reader's lived experiences and interactions with the text.

Intentionalist hermeneutics focuses on the relationship between a text and its author's intentions, seeking to understand the author's purpose and meaning in creating the text.

Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics emphasizes the importance of understanding the text in its historical and cultural context, arguing that the meaning of a text is shaped by the traditions and beliefs of the time in which it was created.

Reader-response criticism examines the relationship between a text and its audience, focusing on how readers interpret and respond to the text, and how their interpretations are shaped by their own experiences and beliefs.

Ricoeur's hermeneutics of suspicion examines the relationship between a text and its author's unconscious desires and motivations, arguing that the text can reveal hidden meanings and insights into the author's psyche.

Formalist hermeneutics emphasizes the importance of understanding the text's genre, form, and structure, arguing that these elements play a significant role in shaping the text's meaning and interpretation.

Feminist hermeneutics seeks to identify and challenge patriarchal biases and assumptions in texts and interpretations, aiming to uncover the ways in which gender shapes the production, reception, and interpretation of cultural artifacts.

Intertextual hermeneutics emphasizes the importance of understanding the text's relationship to other texts, examining how texts refer to, allude to, or engage with other texts, and how these intertextual connections shape the meaning and interpretation of the text.

Postcolonial hermeneutics examines the relationship between a text and its historical and cultural context, particularly in relation to colonialism and its impact on the production, reception, and interpretation of cultural artifacts.