I have never thought what a author could be. For me, it could be anything. A person who wrote a poem, some article or something even simpler. However Focault comes with a new perspective of what an anthor can be. An author has a really high level of relationship with his work.
When reading the article I realized that authoring has many different meanings. One of them has to do with culture. Different cultures have different principles to evaluate an author. And a really good author will always remain in history. But what is funny is that sometimes his name is not as important as his work.
Focault made me realize that an author is not alwyas original. His idea always come from someone else.
he's suggesting that our elusive culture determines the power of the author; at the same time he shows how an author can destabilize "discourse communities" or schools of thought, popular opinions, etc.
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