you must write about either T. S. Eliot The Waste Lane. In this assignment you will demonstrate your understanding of the theories studied by discussing them in relation to a text. This task gives you the freedom to write about what you find interesting, but your essay should do the following: Discuss the essays/extracts by Roland Barthes called ‘ the death of the author’ and Wolfgang Isers work called ‘ interaction between text and reader’. Include some references from Barry, P. (1995) ‘Structuralism’. In Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 39–60. Bennet, A. and Royle, N. (3rd ed., 2004) ‘The Author’. In An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory. Harlow: Longman, pp. 18-26. Have challenged your own assumptions about authors. Be beginning to understand Barthes’ argument and finding your own response to it. Be able to discuss Barthes argument with a literary text (The Waste Land). Offer close sustained reading on the waste land and show impeccable knowledge on all 3 text.
