[ SECRET POST #2624 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2624 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Outlander]


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03.
[The Walking Dead]


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04.
[How I Met Your Mother]


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05.
[Twitch Plays Pokemon]


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06.
[Batman, Kill La Kill, Borderlands]


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07.
[Overlord]


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08.
[Red Dwarf]


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09.
[Paranatural]


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10.
[Pitch Perfect]


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11.
[Insidious: Chapter 2]


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Comments

[fauxkaren]

I think that something an author says can be taken into account as piece of information when analyzing something, but I think the text should be the primary source.

[(Anonymous)]

And at the end of the day, this is all that needs to be said on the subject. Bravo.

[forgottenjester]

Yeah, I agree.

[lunabee34]

I was gonna comment but now I don't need to.

:)

But I will still a little anyway even though you said this beautifully.

I think authorial intent and the author's history is certainly interesting when examining a text and certainly an appropriate approach to understanding/appreciating literature. As a teacher of writing, I can testify that often writers do not execute the ideas in their heads as successfully as they they believe they have. Writers also often create connections, associations, themes, etc. unconsciously in their works.

The author is important but if there's textual evidence, that trumps whatever the author says.

[waterfall8484]

THIS. *applause*

As both a fanfiction author and a literature student I have a strong fondness for 'death of the author', but when analysing texts I always find it interesting and helpful to know what the author's intention and the context (historical period, commonly held beliefs, etc) was, so that I can discuss those elements versus how I myself and others interpret the text.