Today, in English class, we continued our discussions on Barthes The Death of the Author. Something my teacher told us really struck a cord with me. He said, "Don't look at literature as an artifact, but as an organic structure... don't reduce it to something that was. Art sustains itself... it lives for multiple generations."
Poetic guy, isn't he?
In his essay, Barthes says that "every text is eternally written here and now". Although most classics were not written during this time period, readers should always be searching for comparisons and similarities. If one is creative, many parallels can be found between today and many classics.
One should never be concerned with what the novelist or artist wanted you to take from his/her piece. Art is interpreted... our theories about artworks depend upon who we are. Half the fun of enjoying a good novel or a spectacular painting is theorizing what the piece is really about. Take what you will... great works mean something different to everyone.
Out of Sheer Curiosity...
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In One Hundred Years Of Solitude, the main family obviously shares the last
name of Buendia. Does it seem to anyone else that the name could represent
some...
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