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Roland Barthes declared the ‘death of the author’, but postcolonial critics have begged to differ

  • Written by Michael R. Griffiths, Senior Lecturer in English Literatures, University of Wollongong

Our cultural touchstones series examines works that have had a lasting influence

In 1967, French literary and cultural critic Roland Barthes published a short essay that would have far-reaching influence. Titled The Death of the Author, the essay argued that, for the purposes of interpretation, the intention of the author is irrelevant, even...

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