As a corollary, it is writing (language) that makes an author and not vice versa.
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.
- Roland Barthes
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Showing posts with label The Death of the Author. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Scriptor
It is not that man makes history, but rather that history makes man.
As a corollary, it is writing (language) that makes an author and not vice versa.
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.
- Roland Barthes
As a corollary, it is writing (language) that makes an author and not vice versa.
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.
- Roland Barthes
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