Anybody want to join this analysis?

[deelaundry]

Bammel? Sabine? Spoggly? Namaste?

queenzulu makes a compelling case for a House-AU of mine being anti-feminist here. It's very thought-provoking. Anything you'd be interested to add? I'd love to hear more analysis and opinions.

Please note that this is critical analysis of text/writing, not of me as a person. There is implication throughout the commentary about an author's responsibility for the end product of a work, which is an important idea that needs to be considered.

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[purridot.livejournal.com]

This was very illuminating for me because I know absolutely nothing about feminist theory, and it made me want to know a bit more, particularly the terminology.

There is implication throughout the commentary about an author's responsibility for the end product of a work.

I think that ultimately I subscribe to the Roland Barthes' notion of the The Death of the Author (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_death_of_the_author) -- that the readers bring their own interpretation to a text, regardless of the author's intent. This may be an old-fashioned notion (1967!) but I can't help but believe in it... I think that each one of us brings something new to old texts. That is what continually renews them and keeps scholarship fresh.

Fanfic is a highly unusual medium b/c it gives the readers a chance to discuss with the author. This never happens in my world :D

[deelaundry.livejournal.com]

I believe in the "Death of the Author" idea as well, which increases my responsibility as a writer to be as clear as I can in what I want to portray. Without, of course, turning a fictional narrative into a treatise. : )