death of the author en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of French la mort de l'auteur, the title of a 1967 essay by the French literary critic and theorist Roland Barthes (1915–1980).
Meanings
- (uncountable) A technique of literary analysis that disregards authorial intent, focusing only on the text.
Translations (5)
ca mort de l'autor (Translations) · ro moartea autorului (Translations) · de Tod des Autors (Translations) · fi teoskeskeinen kirjallisuudentutkimus (Translations) · es muerte del autor (Translations)