"The Death of the Author" - HELP NEEDED!

[EmoGilly]

Has anybody read this essay titled "The Death of the Author"

Its apparently used in all Graphic education and we've had to read this 12 page essay about it, and its seriously confusing me... It contradicts itself so much...

Is it saying that The Audience are actually the author of the text shown... And that the author who writes it really has nothing to do with the text that is written?
That is what im getting from it... but im not sure.

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[Cyndia]

Are you talking about what this wikipedia article is talking about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_the_Author

Their explanation might help a bit..

[EmoGilly]

i swear i searched everywhere for some sort of synopsis of it.... and you find one in minutes lol.
Thanks.

[Cyndia]

Lol no problem, I literally just googled 'Death of the author' and a bunch of random links to essays and stuff popped up, so try doing that if you need further help on it. And glad my link was useful to you! :)