Roland Barthes's "Death of the Author," Explained

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In this video, I introduce Roland Barthes's essay "The Death of the Author" (1967). First, I look at the question of authorial intention, and I compare Barthes's position on authorial intention to Monroe C. Beardsley and William K. Wimsatt's essay "The Intentional Fallacy" (1947). Then, I examine one of the major ways in each Barthes's text diverges from this previous text by looking at the role that structuralism plays in his argument.

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@jq5176 2 жыл бұрын

its a funny little thing of pedagogy that in order to explain "death of the author" we often attempt to explain, specifically, barthes' intentions with respect to the text, what barthes would approve of, etc

@storqe 4 ай бұрын

I paused the video half way and was about to say just that. Why do we spend more time on personal criticism than on evaluating the text?

@jmac6973 2 жыл бұрын

funny that there is a video explaining the intent of an author who doesn't think the intent of an author matters at all

@avivastudios2311 Жыл бұрын

No it's explaining what is in the book. Isn't it?

@sibelsancar8977 9 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot. I was suppossed to contemplate on this article for an master class and ur video helped a lot.

@kumarikritiraj 9 ай бұрын

Love it.. so easy and so pleasing too. Things are complicated whenever I try to understand how Roland Barthes is different from New Criticism, but you made it easy.

@filmandmediastudieschannel 9 ай бұрын

thanks! comparing to New Criticism was really the only way I could make sense of Barthes's text for myself.

@scheddoc Жыл бұрын

Just found this channel and I love it. Great little lectures on interesting subjects. I'd love you as my professor haha

@filmandmediastudieschannel Жыл бұрын

awesome - glad to hear it!

@sethuraman_g5260 Жыл бұрын

KUDOS.. CONTINUE YOUR SERVICE PLEASE..

@maryambasta8767 2 жыл бұрын

This was very useful, thanks.

@bosorensen 2 жыл бұрын

Very nicely done! Thank you.

@cheyennekurd Жыл бұрын

Thank you. How can I find the next part where you explain the individualism/ideology?

@synopsispedia Жыл бұрын

I first thought him to be Matt Walsh😮 Anyways, awesome lecture❤

@user-qz6zu6ir4e 4 ай бұрын

He has the same arguments in his sur Racine

@user-qz6zu6ir4e 4 ай бұрын

Where he says that most critiques want to see in Andromaque la Du Parc and in the end want to see in Pyrrhus Racine and so they seek for a such an experience in Racine's life and find it

@user-qz6zu6ir4e 4 ай бұрын

Sry I'm only 14 and don't speak English very well