Examine the dialectical tension in Wolfgang Iser’s theory between the “horizon of expectations” and the “actualization of the text” by the reader, and discuss its implications for the concept of authorial intentionality.
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The horizon fixes meaning independent of readers
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Meaning emerges dynamically as readers negotiate textual indeterminacies, subordinating fixed authorial intent
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Authorial intention is the sole determinant of meaning
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Texts are closed systems