The Death of the Author & The Problem of Karsa Orlong

This week we stretched our legs and tried to talk about some essays. First we discussed the influential literary theory "The Death of the Author", concerning the role of the Author in discussing a work. Then we discussed Erikson's essay "The Problem of Karsa Orlong", and finally discussed the Teblor Barbarian himself. Read the essays here: Death of the Author: http://sites.tufts.edu/english292b/files/2012/01/Barthes-The-Death-of-the-Author.pdf The Problem of Karsa Orlong https://steven-erikson.org/the-problem-of-karsa-orlong/ --- Back the show on Patreon - patreon.com/tenverybigbooks Follow the show on Twitter - https://twitter.com/tenverybigbooks Thoughts about the show? Email us - tenverybigbooks at gmail.com Join our community Discord - http://bit.ly/VBBDiscord --- Thank you to Dan Geserick for the logo!  Follow him on Twitter - https://twitter.com/dangeserick Thank you to _amaranthine for Common Room from The New Romantic!  Check them out on bandcamp - https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/album/the-new-romantic --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tenverybigbooks/message ---Special thanks as always to the Reactor Malazan Reread of the Fallen, which we use as references for our summaries as well as for talking points sometimes. Be sure to check them out if you're looking for additional discussion on the series!! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★