Which of the following texts is the BEST example of the argument that a work's meaning does not come entirely from the imagination of the author ?
Correct answer: B. T.S. Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent"
- A. Plato's The Republic
- B. T.S. Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent"
- C. Jacques Derrida's Of Grammatology
- D. Roland Barthes's "The Death of the Author"
Explanation
Eliot argues that a writer's work gains meaning through its relationship with the existing literary tradition, not solely through private imagination or intention. This makes “Tradition and the Individual Talent” the clearest choice.
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