Abstract

The aim of this article is to discuss some important questions onthe meaning of the concept of “author”. First, it explains how RolandBarthes criticizes such a notion by stressing the reader’s role in thecomprehension of a text’s meaning. Then, Foucault is mentioned:he notes the important role the reader plays for the unity of thetext’s sense, but he is also aware of the possibility of a readable“author function”; the reader himself is the one who makes usrealize the actual existence of authorship. Also discussed is Possenti’shypothesis that it is possible to look for traces of authorship, forexample, in a simple text. Finally the following definition of theconcept is proposed: authorship is a kind of linguistic and discursiveattitude, an act of inscription by which the agent takes one’s standand articulates foregoing discourses and a later reception, accordingto personal tactics and specific style.

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  • The aim of this article is to discuss some important questions on the meaning of the concept of “author”

  • Possenti propõe uma noção de estilo não romantizada e baseada não num princípio de “desvio”, mas num de “escolha”; todavia – ele esclarece – essa escolha não significa um ato sempre intencional de um autor consciente, e, muito menos, o absoluto domínio das múltiplas possibilidades de construção de sentido presentes ou ausentes em cada texto

  • É uma atitude que diz respeito ao sentido do texto e, portanto, de algum modo, ao seu estilo (ao utilizar a palavra “sentido”, gostaria de sugerir, para meu leitor, algo como a figura de um vetor, um direcionamento; o “estilo”, por sua vez, é uma maneira própria de construir sentidos, isto é, construir significados e, conjuntamente, tomar partido)

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The aim of this article is to discuss some important questions on the meaning of the concept of “author”.

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