Breaking the Bonds of Authorship

After further contemplation of the concepts presented by Barthes, I find the notion that the association between an author and their written work can actually detract from the individual experience in regard to that literature extremely intriguing. It seems that the process of assigning proper authorship, and thereby ownership, has had such pointed emphasis placed on it as of late that the author and their work can, at times, become synonymous. People can draw conclusion about the text between a pair of covers without ever opening them. If a title and Author name are provided, inferences about the textual content will be drawn from what is already known about the individual creator of the work. Barthes's proposition that for a work to be properly experienced in all of its possible avenues or perception and individual, creative interpretation, the author must fade into the shadows. This creates a situation in which the reader is able to experience the text without being bound to the notion that they should contemplate it in a specific and predetermined manner. However, in a world of continuing global interconnectivity, as well as creative profitability, I feel authors will be ever more reluctant to allow their readers to forget who is responsible for the creative work.