multiple interpretations recognize the “veto power” of the text with regard to interpretations that can not be maintained. Narrative criticism, then, does evaluate its interpretations according to objective criteria, but these criteria are defined in terms of the intention of the text rather than the intention of the author. The text, of course, includes what we have called the implied author and so takes into consideration authorial intent insofar as this has been incorporated into the text itself.
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