Analysis Of Roland Barthes 'Death Of The Author'

"The Death of the Author" is an essay by the Roland Barthes in 1967. [2] Barthes argues that “a text becomes a text when it is put into writing; it is a text, purely because it comes into existence, not because it is created by an author but it is the language which gives it sound and meaning”. [1] The meaning that is behind Barthes argument is, that is reader language speaks, not the author’s writing. And also, Barthes argues against the way of reading and criticism that rely on the identity of the author. As per Barthes argument "To give a text an author and assign a single, corresponding interpretation to it is to impose a limit on that text". [2] In one of his quotation, Barthes makes a comparison between text and textiles, declaring that a "text is a tissue of quotations", drawn from "innumerable centres of culture", rather than from one individual experience. "a text's unity lies not in its origins", or its creator, "but in its destination",. [2] Barthes argument is that a text becomes meaningful when it is put into actual writing by the author and the text comes into very existence, not due to the author or its scriptor, it is the reader who interprets and gives the text life at the cost of death of the

Because of the ancient past history of the language, Tamil literature is said be a rich in tradition and civilisation which is said to be having more than 5000 years of history and is considered very famous for its poetic generations and its epics in history of south India. Sangam literature, is considered as the ancient of classical Tamil literature of this era and is considered very important in Tamil nadu history. Sangam is referred as an academy. Some of the notable literary works of this period were Tolkaappiyam, Agananuru and Purananuru (considered prominent classical Tamil literature