Which of the following texts is the BEST example of the argument that a work’s meaning does not come entirely from the imagination of the author ?

A. Plato’s The Republic
B. T.S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent”
C. Jacques Derrida’s Of Grammatology
D. Roland Barthes’s “The Death of the Author”

Correct Answer: B. T.S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent” ✔

Last Updated: August 21, 2020