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According to New Criticism, what is the view on authorial intent?
Authorial intent is irrelevant to understanding a work of literature.
What do Wimsatt and Beardsley argue about details of the author's desires or life?
They are irrelevant to understanding a work of literature.
What do opponents of authorial intentionalism label its position as?
Intentional fallacy
What is the primary source of meaning according to Wimsatt and Beardsley?
The text itself
How do Wimsatt and Beardsley view details about the work's composition or the author's intended meaning and purpose found in other documents?
They are irrelevant to a trained reader's rigorous engagement with the text itself.
Test your knowledge of authorial intent and intentionalism in literary theory with this quiz. Explore the varying attitudes towards intentionalism, including the views of New Criticism, as well as opposing perspectives that label it as the intentional fallacy.
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