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Death of the Author

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Critical theory concept, originally considered radical and progressive for advocating that an artist's personal life should not matter when interpreting their work

Mentions (3)
"Remember when Death of the Author was written and it was considered radical and progressive to not care about an artist's personal life."
"Sorry, but has nobody heard of 'death of the author' at all? Or, like, post-irony? We're all apparently very concerned with 'media literacy' or 'owning the libs' but we think the way to do that is by being as reductive as possible?"
The Culture War is Stuck on Repeat · lobsterphoenix · ↑58 · 2024-02-23
"This is especially ironic coming from the 'art is subjective / death of the author' crowd"
I hate the phrase 'media literacy' · u/boomer_posting · ↑28 · 2024-04-24
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