death of the author

English

Etymology

From French: La mort de l'auteur was a 1967 essay by the French literary critic and theorist Roland Barthes (1915–1980).

Noun

death of the author (uncountable)

1. A technique of literary analysis that disregards authorial intent, focusing only on the text.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: mort de l'autor f
• Finnish: teoskeskeinen kirjallisuudentutkimus
• German: Tod des Autors m
• Romanian: moartea autorului f (definite)
• Spanish: muerte del autor f