The
creative ownership as expressed in Foucault's
ideas
that
each text possesses a set of specific
discourse is
useful
in that it provides readers with a structure to assist
them
in the understanding of the ideas within a text.
This,
however, did not mean that the plurality
of ideas in
Barthes'
views of the readerly text conflicts with that of
Foucault's.
Instead,
the ideas are at least compatible, if not complimentary.
The
following and understanding of a discourse in a text
should
be a precursor to the free-for-all plurality of Barthes.
Understanding
a discourse within a text helps one connect
and
associate other discourse to it.
The
connection of different discourses to a text, in turn,
destroys
the hierarchical nature of ideas within and text and
help
us arrive at a synthesis between Barthes' and Foucault's
ideas.