The Death of the Author

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Title

The Death of the Author

Author

Roland Barthes

Field

Literary theory

Year

1967

Journal

Aspen (magazine)

Length

~5 pages

Why it stuck

short but it REWIRED how i look at every unfinished essay in my drafts folder. maybe they're done? maybe i'm dead (author-wise)

Verdict

tiny paper, huge aftershock