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http://www.eiu.edu/~literary/4950/barthes.htm
Best Regards, Erick
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> "The Death of the Author" is a famous --some
say
> notorious-- essay by the late Roland Barthes, an
eccentric
> French critic known for his championing of
"semiotics". I
> suggest reading the essay to see precisely what he
meant.
> The cartoon summary is that an author does not know
what's
> in the text once he has written it, that language
has a
> life of its own, which is more of a force than the
writer's
> intentions.
>
> But you should not take the cartoon version. If
nothing
> else, Barthes was a terrific writer, a gentle and
brilliant
> critic.
>
> Regards,
>
> MrT
>
>
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