Violence
That the text kills its parent (Derrida) and that the Author
is dead (Barthes) indicate the violently opposed nature of binary couplings.
Though joined, they are in constant tension. As the author produces the text, he
produces the means of his own destruction. But, in so doing, he defines himself as
Author -- no Author can exist without a text. No text can live without an Author to bring
it forth to life. Even after its birth, it kills the parent only to recall the parent to
life. We turn to the name of the author to classify the text and to give it unity and legitimacy.
Some writings become texts because an author has written them (letters, marginalia, etc.)
( Foucault, "What is an Author?").
Can there be any answers?
Your answer.
Derrida's answer (?).
