🎴 Flashcard Mode

Post-structuralism and the Question of Agency

Card1 / 14
Mastered0
Review0
QuestionClick to flip

Which post-structuralist thinker is known for his theory of the 'death of the author'?

AnswerClick to flip back
A
Jacques Derrida
💡 Explanation:

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.

Change Mode