Death of the Author

I found the article very inspiring. Barthes's work definitely honed in on a topic that is more prevalent than people are aware of. This idea of having an assumption or preconceived notion of an article or topic, or any given information based solely on the author or source, rather than the information given to you. It is a similar topic I tried to engage in one of my projects, about creating a dissonance between a creator or a source and its creation. Barthes's believes we as viewers should move away from such thought processes, and eliminate his/her need to categorize an element based on all surrounding aspects and elements. We are meant to not fully comprehend the thoughts of a writer for "...assign[ing] a single, corresponding interpretation [...] 'is to impose a limit [...].'"