From the Aura of the Artwork to the (Pseudo)Aura of the Author

Authors

  • Andrej Blatnik

Keywords:

literature and mass media, cultural industry, author, authorship, mass culture, popular culture

Abstract

Although post-structuralism declared the death of the author, it seems that reality shows a completely different picture. In a time when products of the culture industry have lost aura, this disappearance is compensated for by the auratization of the artistic act or of the artist himself. The fascination with the sacred aura of traditional art has been replaced by the more profane glamour of artistic presentation.

References

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Kellner, Douglas. Media Culture. Cultural Studies, Identity and Politics Between the Modern and the Postmodern. London in New York: Routledge, 1995.

Schumacher, Michael. Reasons to Believe. New Voices in American Fiction. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1988.

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Published

2017-10-09

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 3 (2009): The Author: Who or What Is Writing Literature?

Section

Articles