Who among the following is associated with the term ‘Intentional fallacy’ in literary criticism?

The correct option is W.K. Wimsatt.

Explanation:
The term 'Intentional fallacy' is a foundational concept in New Criticism, a school of literary analysis that dominated the mid-20th century. It was coined by the American literary critic and theorist W.K. Wimsatt Jr. in collaboration with the philosopher Monroe Beardsley in their famous 1946 essay, "The Intentional Fallacy" (which was later included in Wimsatt's influential book The Verbal Icon in 1954).

The concept refers to the logical error of judging or evaluating a text based on the author's intended meaning or biographical context. Wimsatt and Beardsley argued that a literary work belongs to the public and to the language itself once it is published. Thus, they asserted that an author's original intentions are neither available nor desirable as a standard for analyzing or judging the success of a work of literary art. Instead, criticism should focus strictly on the internal evidence of the text itself through close reading.