Abstract
La fameuse « fonction auteur » de Michel Foucault (1969) a posé les termes de la question pour une génération au moins. Elle se confond avec le procès de la modernité : toujours corrélé à son oeuvre, l’auteur est indissociable de l’ordre du discours et de la façon dont cette fonction prend corps au long de l’histoire. Pourtant, les enjeux qu’elle implique sont encore à discuter et méritent d’être repris à la lumière des perspectives les plus récentes. Cet article se propose ainsi de relire la fonction auteur, au-delà des positions textualistes, dans le cadre plus général d’une critique de la culture, en mettant en évidence la dialectique entre contrôle et libération qui l’anime ainsi que les choix épistémologiques et éthiques qui s’y mêlent.
The famous 'author function' of Michel Foucault (1969) has settled the question for at least one generation. It meets with the process of modernity: always correlated to his or her work, the author is indissociable from the order of discourse and of the manner this function develops throughout history. Still, the stakes involved remain open to discussion and deserve to be taken up again in the light of more recent perspectives. Hence, this article proposes to reread the author function, beyond the textualist positions, within the general framework of a critique of culture, by highlighting the dialectic between control and liberation that animates it, as well as the epistemological and ethical choices that intermingle within.
The famous 'author function' of Michel Foucault (1969) has settled the question for at least one generation. It meets with the process of modernity: always correlated to his or her work, the author is indissociable from the order of discourse and of the manner this function develops throughout history. Still, the stakes involved remain open to discussion and deserve to be taken up again in the light of more recent perspectives. Hence, this article proposes to reread the author function, beyond the textualist positions, within the general framework of a critique of culture, by highlighting the dialectic between control and liberation that animates it, as well as the epistemological and ethical choices that intermingle within.
Original language | French |
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Pages (from-to) | 117-138 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Études françaises |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |