KnowraIntentional fallacyLinked fromLinked fromThe 11 pages that link to Intentional fallacy, each with the reason it gives.All 11Related 6Compared with 5IntertextualityCompared with: Intertextual interpretation can exceed what an author consciously intended to borrow or evoke.Historical criticismCompared with: Historical criticism may use authorial circumstances, while this principle rejects intention as final authority.Reception theoryCompared with: Reception theory also resists authorial intention as the sole authority, but centers audiences instead.Literary biographyCompared with: It questions whether biographical evidence about intention can settle a work’s meaning.Umberto EcoCompared with: Eco distinguishes authorial intention from the interpretive constraints a text provides.