Theory of theme & Jung's Archetypes & Author's Intent

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> Zendemort Pipes in:
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> Just because you are not conciously "aware" does not make 
> you "blind." 
> So you are saying that we should take into consideration 
> the "awareness" of the author when evaluating his/her value?? 
This, 
> I completely disagree. I can give you many examples where the 
> creator might not be conciously aware, but the genie of the 
creation 
> is still valid, and thus must be attributed to the creator. 


Alla:
Indeed, Zendemort.
May I just say that I find this whole topic to be fascinating? Now, 
a few words from the layperson, who just loves to read.

I am also having incredibly hard time agreeing with the possibility 
of judging the author by his/her intentions.

How can we know FOR SURE what author's intentions were when he/she 
wrote the work?

First of all, the author may choose not to share the supposed 
intentions with the readers. Something, which was shared, may not be 
a complete truth, etc.



Yes, the work of art at some point acquires the life of its own. 
Surely, many of us are reading in Harry Potter many significantly 
different things from what JKR wanted us to read.

Why should it counts against JKR, if we dissect a richer meanings 
from the books, something that she may not be consciously aware of, 
when she just started?


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