ABSTRACT

Hypertext has been described as embodying Roland Barthes' ideal text. This paper considers that association, and the relationship of each to literary theory's historical privileging of authorial intention over reader interpretation. Firstly it outlines the rise and fall of authorial intention in literary theory, culminating in Roland Barthes' 1967 essay The Death of the Author. Secondly, it challenges the relationship between anti-intentionalism and hypertext in three ways: by exploring hypertext as a dialectical situation, which places the reader in dialogue with the author; by challenging Barthes' galaxy of signifiers as an embodiment of links; and finally, by establishing a disciplinary emphasis on hermeneutics as intrinsically readerly in nature. The paper concludes by considering whether an intentionalist approach might in fact be the best fit for hypertext fiction.

摘要

超文本被描述为体现了罗兰巴特的理想文本。本文考虑了这种关联，以及每个与文学理论的作者意图在读者解释上的历史特权的关系。首先概述了文学理论中作者意图的兴衰，以罗兰·巴特1967年的论文《作者之死》告终。其次，它从三个方面挑战了反意图主义与超文本的关系：将超文本作为一种辩证情境进行探索，使读者与作者进行对话；通过挑战巴特的能指星系作为链接的体现；最后，通过建立学科重点，强调解释学本质上是读者。