Monday, 28 October 2019
THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR?
"
The Death of the Author
" (
French
:
La mort de l'auteur
) is a 1967 essay by the
French
literary critic
and
theorist
Roland Barthes
(1915–1980). Barthes' essay argues against traditional
literary criticism
's practice of
incorporating the intentions and biographical context of an author
in an interpretation of a text, and instead argues that writing and creator are unrelated. The title is a pun on
Le Morte d'Arthur
, a 15th-century compilation of smaller
Arthurian legend
stories, written by
Sir Thomas Malory
.
A really interesting view that challenged traditional literary criticism and theory, read this summary from the
Wikipedia
and watch the following video.
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