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>talks seriously about "death of the author"
>talks seriously about "democratizing" literature
>talks seriously about changing the literary canon
>complains about lack of character diversity
>complains about "dead white guys"
>calls any time two male characters are alone together for any length of time "homoerotic"
>reads works from a "feminist perspective"
>complains about the portrayal of certain races in literature
>enjoys/dislikes books based on how "progressive" they are
>does not read fiction
>says the idea of "good literature" or literature in general is subjective and no work is better or more important than any other

>> No.6281732

All that privilege in one post
you're right about every point

>> No.6281745
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>>6281705
>talks seriously about "death of the author"

What's wrong with that?

>> No.6281747

>>6281745
>Postmodern bullshit
>Worth thinking about

>> No.6281775

>>6281747
Well stop thinking about it then and fuck off while you are at it.

>> No.6281782

>>6281775

>I'm right if you just don't think about what I'm actually saying

Tep kok

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>>6281745

Seems legit

>> No.6281824

>>6281705

>Tries to represent fiction as having a purpose besides pleasure

>> No.6281830

>>6281705
>his name is John Green

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>>6281705

>takes the Infinite Jest meme seriously
>posts on /lit/ unironically about Infinite Jest

>> No.6281908

>>6281747
>>talks seriously about "democratizing" literature
>>talks seriously
well excuuuuse me

>> No.6281913

I wonder how many of you who disclaim the intentional fallacy have even read Barthes's "Death of the Author", Wimsatt and Beardsley's "The Intentional Fallacy" or even Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent".

>> No.6281943

>>6281705
>>6281745
death of the author is the most intuitively obvious idea in all of literary theory

let's say i as an author intend for my book to be the greatest book ever written

you read it an think its a piece of shit. my authorial intent has little if any influence on how the book will be interpreted. i really dont see why this is controversial

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>>6281943

Because it forces you to ignore anything Dosotyevsky says about Raskolnikov outside of the exact text of Crime and Punishment, intimating that the artisitc value of the piece singular is worth more than the collected and supported idea that it forwards or even the complex psychology of the characters.

And Fuck You, that's why.

>> No.6281978

amen op you wonderful shitlord

>> No.6281984

>>6281943
What is controversial is the absurd idea that the context of the book and the intent of the author is meaningless to understanding or interpreting the book. Which is what people like you always try to push.

>> No.6282000

>>6281968
I think it's acceptable to take some authorial context into account and include it as a part of the text as a whole, for example the schemata Joyce produced for Ulysses.