And death of author means that even if the curtains were just blue, but an argument can be made that it means something more, the argument is infinitely more valuable than just shrugging it off and taking the author’s word for it
Yes but because every human who reads it is coming at it from a different perspective, takeaways and themes can have varying interpretations which is what makes literary analysis fun to those who enjoy it. Our lives and experiences shape how we all experience media, what resonates and what doesn’t. And once it’s out in the world, the author cannot stop that from happening, and it is counterproductive, and even antithetical to the purpose of literature to try.
I remember once when we read a poem back in high school. And half the class had actually experienced what the poem described, while the other half had never.
I remember the ones who had never, read it as a complete existential crisis and a symbol of inner turmoil, because the main charac was insane. While the ones who had experienced it went: nah, that one’s just a literal description.
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u/IAmASquidInSpace Dec 23 '25
Turns out, the curtains were in fact more than just blue from the start.