Barthes outlines this clearly when he states: “In the multiplicity of writing, everything is to be disentangled, nothing deciphered…the space of writing is to be ranged over, not pierced” .
Simply, The Death of the Author argues that a reader gains nothing from a literary work if they know the feelings of the writer of the piece because a text becomes a text when it is put into writing; it is the text, purely because it comes into existence, not because it is created by an author and it is the language which gives it resonance.
This is the meaning behind Barthes’ assertion that: “It is language which speaks, not the author”.
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Roland Barthes -- The Death of the Author
Barthes outlines this clearly when he states: “In the multiplicity of writing, everything is to be disentangled, nothing deciphered…the space of writing is to be ranged over, not pierced” .
Simply, The Death of the Author argues that a reader gains nothing from a literary work if they know the feelings of the writer of the piece because a text becomes a text when it is put into writing; it is the text, purely because it comes into existence, not because it is created by an author and it is the language which gives it resonance.
This is the meaning behind Barthes’ assertion that: “It is language which speaks, not the author”.
Simply, The Death of the Author argues that a reader gains nothing from a literary work if they know the feelings of the writer of the piece because a text becomes a text when it is put into writing; it is the text, purely because it comes into existence, not because it is created by an author and it is the language which gives it resonance.
This is the meaning behind Barthes’ assertion that: “It is language which speaks, not the author”.
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