RolandBarthes'Deathof theAuthor andArt asText
by Emanuel L.Paparella2008-11-30 09:28:00
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Thereader is thespaceonwhichall thequotati onsthat makeup awriting areinscribed without any of thembeing lost; atext’sunity lies not in itsoriginbut initsdestina
tion.Yet thisdestinationcannot any longer be personal: thereader iswithout history,biogra phy, psychology;he issimply that someone whoholdstogether in asinglefield all thetracesby whichthewrittentext isconstit uted.”
--Roland Barthes (“TheDeathof the Author ”)
In hisessay“TheDeath
of theAuthor ”,RolandBarthes(1915-1980)makesaprovocativestatementwhichis on apar withNietzsche’sfamouspronouncement onthedeathof God.Tounderstandsuch astatementonehas toknowsomethingaboutthemodeof culturalanalysis hefoundedunder thenameof struct
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