the-grey-tribe:

dagny-hashtaggart:

the-grey-tribe:

Death of the Author – We don’t care what the author says he wanted the work to mean. We let the work speak for itself.

Weekend at Bernie’s of the Author – We don’t care what the author said. The authorial intent must be whatever we found in the work. (h/t @raggedjackscarlet)

Cryonic Stasis of the Author – The author is actually dead for a long time. Nobody gets all the references any more, but my literature teacher told me I have to take the context at the time into account, so I got a book that explains the work, instead of letting it speak for itself.

Frankenstein’s Monster of the Author – We let the work sort of speak for itself. We ignore what the author said about the intent behind the work. Instead we will use the author’s tweets on unrelated issues in order to ascribe intent and meaning to the work.

Night of the Living Dead Authors – Teeeeeeeeeeeeexts

Vampirism of the Author – The author reads a clever but far-fetched interpretation of his work and decides that it will become canon.

Near Death Experience of the Author – The author wants the work to speak for itself, but after a long period of restraint and silence, says that while the work still stands for itself, some interpretations of it are just plain wrong.

Faked Death of the Author – Author adopts pseudonym, explains intent as a series of YouTube fan theory videos.