• Expressive Intent: This theory holds that literature is a means for the individual artist to express his/her unique and personal vision of the world. The writer may focus on his perceptions of his traumas, his viewpoints, his experiences, his opinions. Essentially, the expressive intent entitles the writer to make art from himself - - to present a world which is perhaps violently distorted under the pressure of intense personal moods, ideas and emotions. Image and language express feelings and imagination rather than external reality. If we believe this to be the aim of art, then we judge individual artistic pieces by how well they express the writer’s self.
• Affective Intent: This theory holds that it is the aim of literature to affect the emotions of the