Re: this is so excitingangeariaJanuary 5 2014, 19:26:23 UTC
But I don't feel like anyone has an authority on the exact, direct, and intentional ways this can occur.
I dunno. See, I feel like this approach of authorial intent demands absolute certainty (Descartes!), whereby having the expectation of absolute certainty of authorial intent means that one can never know authorial intent (unrelenting skepticism!). But going on from there, I just take that to mean that there can be no absolute authority on authorial intent, not even from the author him or herself, but that doesn't mean that asking the question and coming up with ~best answers is no longer worthwhile. That absolute certainty isn't the right standard to apply to authorial intent.
So where you may say 'probably' to the question of authorial intent regarding Joss on about 'discussing agency and created identities and multiple identities', I'd just say yes.
Though maybe this just boils down to a difference in how specific we are in expressing what constitutes truth? I feel okay in saying 'yes' strongly because my default assumption is that I'm speaking my opinion, which is by nature only part of a greater truth, as opposed to assuming an authority over determining truth.
For me, since absolute certainty of authorial intent cannot exist, my making a judgment on authorial intent carries with it the inherent understanding that it's subjectively based.
(Apologies if this is confusing! I feel like our brains are running around each other. Wow, I'm tired, too.)
I dunno. See, I feel like this approach of authorial intent demands absolute certainty (Descartes!), whereby having the expectation of absolute certainty of authorial intent means that one can never know authorial intent (unrelenting skepticism!). But going on from there, I just take that to mean that there can be no absolute authority on authorial intent, not even from the author him or herself, but that doesn't mean that asking the question and coming up with ~best answers is no longer worthwhile. That absolute certainty isn't the right standard to apply to authorial intent.
So where you may say 'probably' to the question of authorial intent regarding Joss on about 'discussing agency and created identities and multiple identities', I'd just say yes.
Though maybe this just boils down to a difference in how specific we are in expressing what constitutes truth? I feel okay in saying 'yes' strongly because my default assumption is that I'm speaking my opinion, which is by nature only part of a greater truth, as opposed to assuming an authority over determining truth.
For me, since absolute certainty of authorial intent cannot exist, my making a judgment on authorial intent carries with it the inherent understanding that it's subjectively based.
(Apologies if this is confusing! I feel like our brains are running around each other. Wow, I'm tired, too.)
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