Before now, I never truly put any thought into what it meant to be an author. I always thought it just meant writing books or poetry. In the article, “What Is an Author,” Michel Foucault talks about what it really means to be an author. Michel does not just come out with a dictionary definition of what it means to be an author but more or less explains about the relationship between the text and the person who wrote it. Not everyone who writes can be labeled as an author, but all authors are indeed writers. I really liked the way Foucault wrote this essay because it made it easy to follow along with what he was saying. He takes you through the history of writing to show us what it truly means to be an author. By reading both "What Is an Author" and "Elements and Methods" helped me to learn what an analytical question is. I hope to learn more throughout this course on what it truly means to be an author, and how to ask analytical questions when I read others papers.
-Travis Kearns
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