death of the author

Etymology
From French: La mort de l'auteur was a 1967 essay by the French literary critic and theorist Roland Barthes (1915–1980).

Noun

 * 1) A technique of literary analysis that disregards authorial intent, focusing only on the text.

Translations

 * Catalan: mort de l'autor
 * Finnish: teoskeskeinen kirjallisuudentutkimus
 * German: Tod des Autors
 * Romanian: moartea autorului
 * Spanish: muerte del autor