> The work belongs to him and his intention should be respected and understood to the best of our ability.
lolno. The author hasn't created anything that hasn't already been in existence in the structures of human language or culture, or that has any meaning outside of how the reader relates that to his or her own experience of those structures.
Image Music Text - Roland Barthes
You can probably find a copy of one of the books in which it was published, entitled "Image-Music-Text" (published 1977-78) at your local library, and on Amazon it's here: http://www.amazon.ca/Image-Music-Text-Roland-Barthes/dp/0374521360
> The work belongs to him and his intention should be respected and understood to the best of our ability.
lolno. The author hasn't created anything that hasn't already been in existence in the structures of human language or culture, or that has any meaning outside of how the reader relates that to his or her own experience of those structures.
> Its a philosophical question.
I don't think that means what you think it means.