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I consider myself as one “student
of Lucien Goldmann’s Genetic Structuralism school”. Therefore, I
somewhat do not agree with the idea of “the death of the author”. When
a writer writes a piece of literary work, he/she must get influence a
lot from the era when he/she lives, the place where he/she lives, the
culture that many people adhere in that era and in that place. The era,
the place, the culture, plus the worldview at the time of writing will
more or less influence the result of the literary work.
I
believe in Goldmann’s theory very much so that I shape my students to
follow my way of thinking. Before analyzing one literary work—novels,
poems, dramas, biography, articles, etc—I suggest my students to study
the background of the writing of it, to get the best interpretation. I
am of opinion that the best interpretation is to produce an
interpretation which is similar or exactly the same as what the writer
wants to convey to the readers. So, how can I “kill” the author?

Read my complete article in the following site:

http://afeministblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/death-of-author.html

One workmate of mine used to work in Lombok
island, located in the eastern part of Indonesia. She told me since she
was in college, she had set her heart on living in this exotic place.
People who have visited Lombok island usually say that this island is
even more beautiful than Bali, the most visited place in Indonesia
nowadays by foreign tourists, because it is more serene, pristine, and
“original” than Bali.
After living there for some years, she went
back to Java island. I forgot why she didn’t just go on living there.
If I am not mistaken she said that she felt “enough” to have experience
living in that remote area and she had to go back to the most populated
island in Indonesia, Java island, the “center” of everything,
education, entertainment, shopping, etc.
Around three years ago she
got married, not because of love, but because being married was “the
must-passed step” in someone’s life to be considered “normal” and
“happy” by other people. So “cheated” was she in the consensus of
patriarchal society that she believed that everything would be alright
after she got married. She would no longer be besieged by questions
from society, “When will you get married?” She was in the middle of
thirties at that time.

To read the complete article of mine, visit the following site, please:

http://afeministblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/lesson-in-life.html

Thanks a million.
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