- A creator, a person you identify with a particular piece of work, a controller, a communicator.
- Death of the author is a very intense piece of literature, discussing the idea of authorship. It questions who is the real author of the text. It is widely accepted that that an author is a person who is responsible for a particular piece of work, art, music, or literally anything that has been created by a conscious mind, that can be judged or interpreted by another person. The creator of these works believe their ideas are their own. However, Barthes claims that the author has borrowed everything from previously existing texts that he or she has become aware of, using words that are already in existence, theories and ideologies that may not be completely original etc.
- In the world of illustration, the artist, or the author of a piece of work, can also be questioned in terms of Barthes theories. Each contributing factor to an artists work, such as certain ways of drawing, or concepts used, can also spark a discussion on originality and ownership.
- In terms of technology (my chosen theme), barthes theories can also be applied. For example, an Iphone is a product of artistic movements, developments in hundreds of different technologies and people's ideas, such as the idea for a telephone which came from it's original inventor, Alexander Graham Bell.
- Overall, Barthes' theories and ideologies about authorship can be applied to pretty much anything that is man made, swaying us to question is anything that we make truly original?
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