beneath the irony
Posted: February 2nd, 2015, 2:11 pm
To give a text an Author is to impose a limit on that text, to furnish it with a final signified, to close the writing. Such a conception suits criticism very well, the latter then allotting itself the important task of discovering the Author (or its hypostases: society, history, psyche, liberty) beneath the work: when the Author has been found, the text is 'explained'- victory to the critic.
roland barthes essay on balzac
when the author has been found
and the related strategies of finding (discovery)
and when the author is found
then what ... the 'gaming' syndicate - the use of personal information would only relate to extortion as legal consideration.
roland barthes essay on balzac
when the author has been found
and the related strategies of finding (discovery)
and when the author is found
then what ... the 'gaming' syndicate - the use of personal information would only relate to extortion as legal consideration.