The Death of the Author

Description

“The Death of the Author” by Roland Barthes is a landmark for 20-th century literature, literary theory, post-structuralism, and postmodernism. The essay opposes the established trends “in ordinary culture tyrannically centered on the author, his person, his life,” and abolish the classical literary criticism that analyses a literary work within the biographical and personal context of the author of the work.
laurenalafleur
Mind Map by laurenalafleur, updated more than 1 year ago More Less
Roger Grasas
Created by Roger Grasas about 9 years ago
laurenalafleur
Copied by laurenalafleur about 9 years ago
6
1

Resource summary

The Death of the Author
  1. Roland Barthes
    1. Post-estructuralism
        1. Who is the author
          1. ?
            1. the LANGUAGE itself
              1. Examples of transition from author to language
                1. Mallarmé
                  1. Valéry
                    1. Proust
                      1. 'surrealism'
                        1. automatic writing
                          1. collective writing
                  2. 'Old' WRITER
                    1. Author preexisting the text
                      1. writing as a representation
                        1. Writer = Author
                          1. focused on the FORM
                            1. Expression
                            2. Classic WRITING: the 'narrative'
                              1. Neutral space
                                1. Destruction
                                  1. Identity loss
                                    1. No origin
                                      1. FOCUSED ON ONE PLACE: THE ORIGIN
                                        1. WRITER
                                        2. Classic criticism
                                        3. WHAT IS AN 'AUTHOR'?
                                          1. product of modern society
                                            1. positivism+capitalism
                                              1. genius
                                                1. artwork=author
                                            2. THE post-MODERN WRITER
                                              1. Author & work_same 'TIME'
                                                1. writing as a performative form
                                                  1. death of the Author
                                                    1. INSCRIPTION
                                                      1. the only origin is the questioning of all origins
                                                      2. the writer as a non original 'maker'
                                                        1. but an 'imitation game player'
                                                      3. POST-MODERN WRITING
                                                        1. multiple dimensions space
                                                          1. text is no more able to be deciphered
                                                            1. NOT "SUITABLE" FOR THE CLASSIC CRITICISM
                                                              1. the end of the criticism
                                                              2. TOTAL EXISTENCE OF WRITING: MULTIPLICITY of meanings, dialogues etc
                                                                1. FOCUSED ON ONE PLACE: THE DESTINATION
                                                                  1. THE READER
                                                                  2. constant production of senses
                                                                Show full summary Hide full summary

                                                                Similar

                                                                Roland Barthes
                                                                30174
                                                                A Level Media Studies Key Theories Component One Advertising & Marketing
                                                                Jasmine Ashwell
                                                                Spanish Verbs
                                                                Niat Habtemariam
                                                                Developmental Psychology - Freud, Little Hans (1909)
                                                                Robyn Chamberlain
                                                                CHEMISTRY C1 7
                                                                x_clairey_x
                                                                Forces and their effects
                                                                kate.siena
                                                                Sociology- Key Concepts
                                                                Becky Walker
                                                                Teaching students to be digitally literate
                                                                Micheal Heffernan
                                                                Meteorologia II
                                                                Adriana Forero
                                                                Genes, The Genetic Code, DNA and Chromosomes
                                                                Bee Brittain
                                                                World War I
                                                                Lydia Klein