<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859–1"> This study examines the relationship between the interpretation of fictional literary texts and hermeneutic equity, which is a core interpretive principle in general hermeneutics and language philosophy. To accomplish this, the author reconstructs a formal and substantive definition of a specific philological principle of equity along with the conditions under which a charitable interpretation should be avoided.
