Abstract
It deals with the basic question relating to the role of intention in understanding the meaning of a literary text. The term “intention” in the context of the literary text is problematic as it has been understood in various senses such as that of the historical author or poet, that which is objectified in the text or that which is bestowed upon it by the reader. The chapter begins with the epoch making paper on “intentional fallacy” by Wimsatt Jr. and Beardsley and New Criticism and goes on to the various subsequent developments in this direction till we reach the trends in post-structuralism and postmodernism. It is argued that understanding the literary meaning of a poem or text is not quite the same as apprehending the poetic or creative meaning.
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