What is an author?

Aim of essay -explore nature of author-reader relation -define author-work relation -define reading and writing -highlight importance of time Defining the role of the author Author function Author is only author when writing Reader is only reader when writing Text only exists when read

Defining the role of the reader Reading and writing as processes

The person who wrote the work The hand Producer of work Not father Death of the author is birth of reader Medium between too much emphasis on authorship and too much emphasis on readership Authority and authenticity Authorial intention does not dictate interpretation of text AST there is a limit within which text can be interpreted. Differentiation of work and text Signifier and signified Reading as performative action not consumptive Writing as process of combining sources in unique way Text as a weaved network of disconnections and overlapping Text contained in system of language