Practice - Evolving Intentions
Practice Questions
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What does authorial intent refer to?
💡 Hint: Think about what the author had in mind when writing.
Name one critique of the authorial intent perspective.
💡 Hint: Consider a fallacy that deals with intention.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does authorial intent examine?
💡 Hint: Remember the author is central to this concept.
True or False: Authorial intent is universally acknowledged and cannot change.
💡 Hint: Consider the nature of how meaning can shift over time.
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Challenge Problems
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Choose a novel you are familiar with. Analyze it using both authorial intent and reader response theories, taking into account the historical and social context when it was written.
💡 Hint: Consider what social issues the author may have been addressing and how a contemporary reader might relate differently.
Create a dialogue between two readers—a traditional reader focusing on authorial intent and a contemporary reader emphasizing reader response. What would they argue?
💡 Hint: Think about how different backgrounds affect their views on the same text.
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