According to m. h. abrams, theories that are focused on the relationship between the work of art and the artist are called theories.

M. H, Abrams is a American literary critic which has 4 categories of literary theory which are known as the mimetic, pragmatic, expressive and objective theories. The description mentioned is called the expressive theory. This is the theory which is focused on the text-author relationship.

Ithink the answer is c