''Kritik'' was a bimonthly cultural magazine with a special reference to literature, which was based in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

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. It existed between 1967 and 2016.

History and profile

''Kritik'' was established in 1967. The founders were Aage Henriksen and Johan Fjord Jensen. The magazine mostly featured articles on

literary criticism Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...

. ''Kritik'', based in Copenhagen, was published on a bimonthly basis by Gyldendal. Throughout its existence the editorial stance of ''Kritik'' changed. In the 1970s the magazine tried to offer

Marxism Marxism is a Left-wing politics, left-wing to Far-left politics, far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a Materialism, materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand S ...

-oriented approach towards the understanding of

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

. In the 1980s it heavily engaged in

cultural criticism Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tylor ...

. During the 1990s its main focus was on art and

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

. ''Kritik'' ended publication in 2016.

References

External links

Official website
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