Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 19:37:10 -0400 From: Stirling Newberry <allegro-AT-thecia.net> Subject: Re: PLC: "Deconstruction" >Stirling, > >> And to ask a pair of follow up questions: >> >> You say that the meaning of the text is the intention of the author. In one >> sense one can say that this happened and hence becomes the intrinsic >> meaning of the work. > >Not necessarily. The meaning and the intention >may be two very different things. Maybe like Mein >Kampf. So there is a difference between the meaning that would be gotten from merely parsing the words - and the actual intent of the author? If this is the case - then there are at least two kinds of meaning that you would admit to: 1. The meaning that someone would find from simply parsing the words. 2. The meaning that the author intends to be understood as a consequence of having read the words. Is this so? Stirling Newberry business: openmarket.com personal: allegro-AT-thecia.net War and Romance: http://www.thecia.net/users/allegro/public_html --- from list phillitcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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