Death of the Author: other theorists 1.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LiteratureDeath of the Author theoryUniversityNone Created by: Molly BurdettCreated on: 26-04-17 11:34 Burke (1995): why is Barthes' view similar to the medieval? he gives all power to language, as medieval gave all power to God 1 of 17 Burke (1995): why is authorship helpful in literary theory? helps with theories of context and production like New Historicism and Cultural Materialism 2 of 17 Burke (1995): what does the split of author and text relate to? the split between signifier and signified 3 of 17 Young (1759): what is the difference between an original and an imitation? original is natural, imitation is manufactured 4 of 17 Young (1759): what does an imitator 'share his crown' with? the object of imitation 5 of 17 Poulet (1960s/70s): what happens to books when we read them they become just a series of words and images and begin to exist in the reader's consciousness 6 of 17 Poulet (1960s/70s): who becomes the subject of the thoughts in the text the reader - but they are not their own thoughts 7 of 17 Who says 'I am on loan to another, and this other thinks, feels, suffers and acts within me'? Poulet 8 of 17 Poulet (1960s/70s): 'Every word of literature is impregnated with the mind of......' the one who wrote it 9 of 17 Poulet (1960s/70s): 'the subject which presides over the work can exist.....' only in the work 10 of 17 Nesbit (1987): what is wrong with Foucault's definition of an author? it exists only in knowledge when it should exist in a real world of culture 11 of 17 Hawthorn (2008): who is the 'owner of the meaning' the author of the text 12 of 17 Hawthorn (2008): 'if the author does not so much write but is written through, then he or she has no more interpretative authority than...' any other reader 13 of 17 Hawthorn (2008): what happens to the author after a text is read? they are effectively dead 14 of 17 Hawthorn (2008): what does the 'author' in legal contracts refer to? 'a legal entity that survives the death of the living author' 15 of 17 Hawthorn (2008):what can't an author impose on a work? one interpretation 16 of 17 Hawthorn (2008): what are the two parts to reading a work? immersion in it and standing back from it 17 of 17
Thomas Hardy and his use of language in the portrayal of women in 'A Mere Interlude' 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating
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