The meaning of a literary text is determined solely by the author's intention.

The meaning of a literary text is solely determined by the reader's interpretation.

The meaning of a literary text is determined by both the author's intention and the reader's interpretation.

The meaning of a literary text is determined by the historical and cultural context in which it was written.

Wolfgang Iser

Stanley Fish

Norman Holland

Louise Rosenblatt

Analyzing the author's intention and purpose in creating the text.

Examining the historical and cultural context in which the text was written.

Exploring the reader's emotional and psychological responses to the text.

Identifying the text's universal themes and symbols.

The reader's role in creating meaning.

The text's objective meaning.

The reader's emotional response to the text.

The reader's personal associations with the text.

It emphasizes the importance of the author's intention in creating the text.

It focuses on the historical and cultural context in which the text was written.

It privileges the reader's subjective experience of the text.

It seeks to identify the text's universal themes and symbols.

It is irrelevant to the interpretation of the text.

It is the sole determinant of the text's meaning.

It is one of several factors that contribute to the reader's interpretation.

It is the most important factor in determining the text's meaning.

It assumes that all readers will interpret the text in the same way.

It argues that the text's meaning is fixed and unchanging.

It recognizes that different readers may have different interpretations of the text.

It seeks to identify the one correct interpretation of the text.

To impose their own interpretation on the text.

To identify the text's objective meaning.

To analyze the reader's response to the text.

To evaluate the quality of the text.

It provides a definitive interpretation of the text.

It reveals the author's intention in creating the text.

It enhances our appreciation of the text's aesthetic qualities.

It deepens our understanding of the reader's subjective experience of the text.

It can lead to subjective and relativistic interpretations.

It neglects the author's intention and the text's objective meaning.

It can overlook the historical and cultural context of the text.

It encourages a deeper understanding of the literary experience.

It is not applicable to Indian literature.

It can be used to analyze Indian texts in isolation.

It can be used to compare Indian texts with Western texts.

It can be used to explore the unique cultural and historical contexts of Indian literature.

There is a lack of critical scholarship on Indian literature.

Indian literature is too diverse to be analyzed using a single critical approach.

The cultural and historical contexts of Indian literature are too complex to be understood by Western readers.

Reader-response criticism is not a valid approach to literary analysis.

It can marginalize the voices of marginalized communities.

It can lead to a more homogenized understanding of Indian literature.

It can promote a deeper understanding of the diverse perspectives and experiences reflected in Indian literature.

It can undermine the importance of traditional literary canons.

It will become the dominant critical approach to Indian literature.

It will be replaced by more objective and scientific approaches to literary analysis.

It will continue to be a valuable approach alongside other critical perspectives.

It will become irrelevant as Indian literature becomes more globalized.