Question

What is the purpose of surrealism in death of author?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Author

In The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes, Barthes discusses an author named Honore De Balzac and his novella Sarrasine. Barthes discusses the importance of this work to be an example of how the author has disconnected himself from his writing. Balzac “plays” with his characters and their gender. In Sarrasine Zambinella who is a woman disguises herself to be a man. Many readers are questioning Balzacs decision to have the main character a woman instead of a man. Why would Balzac do something like this? Is this somehow related to his personal experiences? Why was this hidden secret found out in this book about Zambinella? The readers question how this would relate to the writer whom wrote it and how the writer would know how to go about writing about a character of the opposite sex in such detail. this he sets himself apart from the work.