Louis MesserSpaces of meaningBarthes’ The Death of the Author may be a tired piece, picked to death by countless vultures of literary and philosophical criticism. Tired…5d ago
DhrubInterpreting Barthes’s Text “The Death of the Author” in Scientific LiteratureIn Roland Barthes’s The Death of the Author, he examines the complex relationship between the author and their text, as well as the role of…Jul 22, 2023
J.RiceLisbon StoriesExcept for “thank you,” I don’t speak Portuguese. Before a recent trip to Lisbon, I spent a few weeks on Duolingo trying to learn…Jan 9, 2023Jan 9, 2023
Ayush JaininILLUMINATIONWhy Did the Author Die?It often feels that all the literature in the world is a writer’s call towards innocence, suffering, tragedy, or perhaps, love. The writer…Jul 7, 2022Jul 7, 2022
Louis MesserSpaces of meaningBarthes’ The Death of the Author may be a tired piece, picked to death by countless vultures of literary and philosophical criticism. Tired…5d ago
DhrubInterpreting Barthes’s Text “The Death of the Author” in Scientific LiteratureIn Roland Barthes’s The Death of the Author, he examines the complex relationship between the author and their text, as well as the role of…Jul 22, 2023
J.RiceLisbon StoriesExcept for “thank you,” I don’t speak Portuguese. Before a recent trip to Lisbon, I spent a few weeks on Duolingo trying to learn…Jan 9, 2023
Ayush JaininILLUMINATIONWhy Did the Author Die?It often feels that all the literature in the world is a writer’s call towards innocence, suffering, tragedy, or perhaps, love. The writer…Jul 7, 2022
Daniel B. MartinA Third Essay on The Death of the Author: The Primacy of The ReaderIn the first two essays of this series, we witnessed Barthes’ suicide as he attempted to explain why the author should not have authority…Jan 28, 2022
katakurikAll authors had actually been dead since he was in his bedroom.“The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the author” — Roland BarthesSep 13, 2021
Panta RheiBarthes’ The Death of the AuthorI read this one in an attempt to fall asleep without knowing that it would do precisely the opposite. Barthes wrote “Literature is that…Nov 11, 2020