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==Emancipation of the story==
==Emancipation of the story==
In [[oral]] [[traditions]], stories are kept alive by being re-told again and again. The [[material]] of any given story naturally undergoes several [[changes]] and [[adaptations]] during this [[process]]. When and where oral tradition was pushed back in favor of [[print]] media, the literary [[idea]] of the [[author]] as originator of a story's [[authoritative]] version changed people's [[perception]] of stories themselves. In the following centuries, stories tended to be seen as [[the]] work of [[individuals]], rather than a [[collective]] effort. Only recently, when a significant number of influential [[authors]] began questioning their own roles, the [[value]] of stories as such - independent of authorship - was again recognized. Literary critics such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Barthes Roland Barthes] even proclaimed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_the_Author Death of the Author].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storytelling]
In [[oral]] [[traditions]], stories are kept alive by being re-told again and again. The [[material]] of any given story naturally undergoes several [[changes]] and [[adaptations]] during this [[process]]. When and where oral tradition was pushed back in favor of [[print]] media, the literary [[idea]] of the [[author]] as originator of a story's [[authoritative]] version changed people's [[perception]] of stories themselves. In the following centuries, stories tended to be seen as [[the]] work of [[individuals]], rather than a [[collective]] effort. Only recently, when a significant number of influential [[authors]] began questioning their own roles, the [[value]] of stories as such - independent of authorship - was again recognized. Literary critics such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Barthes Roland Barthes] even proclaimed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_the_Author Death of the Author].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storytelling]
==See also==
*'''''[[Author]]'''''
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]