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Post-structuralism and the Question of Agency
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Which post-structuralist thinker is known for his theory of the 'death of the author'?
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Jacques Derrida
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Jacques Derrida's theory of the 'death of the author' argues that the author's intention is not a reliable guide to the meaning of a text, and that the meaning of a text is produced by the reader in the act of reading.