Critical Pluralism

Critical Pluralism is "the view that there are many acceptable interpretations of many artworks that cannot be conjoined into a single correct interpretation." (273) I think that's mostly true. Many interpretations of a work, although not necessarily correct, are acceptable. On the other hand, many people may agree on certain aspects of particular interpretations, but everyone could not possibly conjoin all of their different views into one single interpretation. Even if that was possible, who would say that their consensus would actually end up being correct? As important as the audience is to a literary work, they are ultimately not the ones who decide what is or is not correct in a work. The author's interpretation is the only one that is completely correct. Even if you are not able to draw one comprehensive, correct, single interpretation from a work, such an interpretation does exist. Everyone may not be able to agree with each other about their own particular interpretations, but they must all agree upon and accept the author's interpretation as correct and true.