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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 9232273" data-attributes="member: 2629"><p>Yes, there is a "... school of lieterary criticism that holds the authorial intent as completely irrelevant..." In general, it causes more trouble than it is worth. There are a lot of examples where this 'school' is used for propoganda that implies the author supported something that they vocally oppose - many of which offend the sensibilities or moral code of the author. To that end, this 'school' has been utilized to misrepresent the author. </p><p></p><p>I'm not saying that nothing good has ever come of this 'school'. You can use a work as analogy just as you can use things in nature. However, if I could magically snap my fingers and ensure that everyone always understood the intent of every piece of writing they ever read... </p><p></p><p>In the end, the point of criticism is to identify the wrong (and to an extent merits). There is a huge difference between: "I see what you intended, and I think it is wrong", and "I'm reading something into your work - something that was not intended and only exists because I as the reader infuse a different meaning than the intended into the work - so that I can use it for me own ends." Obviously, there are thousands of papers, books and articles written about this stuff that argue it out in greater detail, but I prefer to keep it simple.</p><p></p><p>Don't put words in other people's mouth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 9232273, member: 2629"] Yes, there is a "... school of lieterary criticism that holds the authorial intent as completely irrelevant..." In general, it causes more trouble than it is worth. There are a lot of examples where this 'school' is used for propoganda that implies the author supported something that they vocally oppose - many of which offend the sensibilities or moral code of the author. To that end, this 'school' has been utilized to misrepresent the author. I'm not saying that nothing good has ever come of this 'school'. You can use a work as analogy just as you can use things in nature. However, if I could magically snap my fingers and ensure that everyone always understood the intent of every piece of writing they ever read... In the end, the point of criticism is to identify the wrong (and to an extent merits). There is a huge difference between: "I see what you intended, and I think it is wrong", and "I'm reading something into your work - something that was not intended and only exists because I as the reader infuse a different meaning than the intended into the work - so that I can use it for me own ends." Obviously, there are thousands of papers, books and articles written about this stuff that argue it out in greater detail, but I prefer to keep it simple. Don't put words in other people's mouth. [/QUOTE]
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