unhaunting:
"death of the author" is an analytical tool that emerged in specific circumstances in...
"death of the author" is an analytical tool that emerged in specific circumstances in history, in response to specific trends in literary theory. it’s a useful tool. that’s all it is. it’s not dogma, it’s not how texts Should be read, and it’s not above criticism.
a feminist criticism in particular would probably be the first to point out that it’s one thing to remove The God-Author, the Father of the Text, and quite another to remove the sort of authors that have been erased from readings and history books for a number of centuries as a matter of course
i just see people misusing these concepts for ostensibly good causes, but where that ends up going is… not good at all
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