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Originally Posted by issybird
I disagree. You had seemed to suggest that the author's interpretation somehow has some validity. AFAIC, the text is neutral from any author's narration; it was the author's responsibility to express his meaning in the words alone. Narration matters. Heck, we all have narrators we like and those we loathe, which says in itself that the process of narration changes things.
Sure I can! It's the author getting between his written words and the reader (i.e., listener).  |
Of course the author's interpretation has validity, which isn't the same thing as saying it's the be-all and end-all, and no other interpretations are allowed. It's the author reading what the author wrote; the author intended the text to have a certain meaning. Whether it actually HAS that meaning to anyone else is another issue entirely.
I may like or dislike a narrator, but that doesn't mean I can't evaluate the text on its own merits.