Criticism Flashcards
“The orient has helped…”
“The orient has helped to define Europe (or the west) as its contrasting image”
Edward Said Orientalism
“European culture gained in strength and identity…”
“European culture gained in strength and identity by setting itself off against the orient as a sort of surrogate or even underground self”
- Edward Saaid Orientalism
“Writing is the destruction of every voice…”
“Writing is the destruction of every voice, of every point of origin. Writing is that neutral, composite, oblique space where our subject slips away, the negative where all is lost”
Roland Barthes, The Death of The Author
When a text is created it is a multifaceted manifestation of different cultures, ideas, languages, beliefs. When a writer puts their pen to paper they believe that the ideas are their own, and when the book is finalised they be the author of their creation. However the problem is that the self proclaimed author has borrowed everything from previously existing texts that they have become aware of. Every word used by a writer is already in existence, these word on their own already have meaning derived from earlier cultures and human expression. We should look into ourselves for ultimate authorship.
When a text is created it is a multifaceted manifestation of different cultures, ideas, languages, beliefs. When a writer puts their pen to paper they believe that the ideas are their own, and when the book is finalised they be the author of their creation. However the problem is that the self proclaimed author has borrowed everything from previously existing texts that they have become aware of. Every word used by a writer is already in existence, these word on their own already have meaning derived from earlier cultures and human expression. We should look into ourselves for ultimate authorship.
“The text is…”
“The text is a tissue of quotations drawn from innumerable centres of culture”
“How is the reproduction of labour ensured?…”
“How is the reproduction of labour ensured? It is ensured by giving labour power the means with which to reproduce itself: by wages”
“A multidimensional space in which…”
“A multidimensional space in which a variety of writing, none of them original, blend and clash”
