‘Canonicity’: the Book or the Reader?

[The Saucepan Man]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

So, would you agree that the meaning of the text can be both defined by readers and by the Author?

of course. The author is an individual and so the work has a meaning that is individual to him.

To clarify, the full meaning of the work can only lie with the individual reader (because it will mean something different to each individual). Aspects of that meaning may be shared.