Intent of the Author

Intent of the author

A joint book, printed in 2004, written by three English language professors:

(1) Prof. Dr. Aref Ali Al-Nayed.
(2) Prof. Dr. Geoff Meschlinger from the University of Guelph.
(3) Prof. Tania Detomas of the University of Ottawa and Carleton University.

And translated into Arabic by Prof. Naguib Al-Hasadi, Professor of Philosophy and Logic at the University of Benghazi.
The book is 211 pages long, and it is a publication of the Libya Academy for Advanced Studies and the Kalam Foundation for Research and Media 2020, distributed in Cairo and around the world, the Universe Library, and in Benghazi, Dar Al-Bayan.
From what was said about this book:

At the turn of the twenty-first century, literary theorists find themselves pondering their discipline. At least since 1969, the humanities and social sciences have witnessed the emergence of Marxist literary theory, Foucault’s theory (discourse and neo-historicism), various schools of American and European cultural studies, deconstruction, and post-structuralism. Among the major upheavals in the last three decades, from which all the aforementioned theoretical camps have benefited, is the attack on the author’s intent and the claim of the author’s death that followed that attack. In the book “The Author’s Objective”, the authors Geoff Mitzherling, Tania Ditommaso, and Aref al-Nayed address the philosophical misrepresentation of the author’s intent. By implicitly challenging the second generation’s theoretical approach to literature that denies the possibility of validity, coherent narratives, and of course intentionality, the authors are sending a new spirit into both “author” and literary theory. This is an essential book in the humanities for anyone interested in critical thought, hermeneutics, and all forms of hermeneutics.