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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Potts, John (1959-....)
Titre(s) : The near-death of the author [Texte imprimé] : creativity in the internet age / John Potts
Publication : Toronto [Ontario] ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto press, copyright 2023
Description matérielle : 211 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-204) and index
"The digital age contains many challenges to the contemporary author. The illegal
transmission of copyright material on the internet deprives authors of royalties,
and in some cases has terminated careers. Electronic artworks perform dynamic or 'big
data' writing, in which an algorithm generates constant new text drawn from an enormous
database: here there is no author, only an algorithm. Developments in Artificial Intelligence
have yielded novels, musical works, films, and paintings produced not by authors or
artists but by AI. The internet also accommodates collective writing (Wikipedia),
multiple and ongoing authoring (remix culture, creative re-use and open source), anonymous
blogging, and 'transformative' writing or fan fiction based on copyrighted works.
These practices coalesce to form a challenge to notions of the author in the most
recent chapter of the history of authorship. The Near-Death of the Author: Authorship
in the Internet Age includes a history of authorship, tracing the changes in the status
of the author from ancient cultures to the present. The book proposes that if there
is a contemporary threat to the social role of the author, it derives not from the
post-structuralist theory of Roland Barthes in 'The Death of the Author', but from
the disruptive practices associated with the internet and digital technology. These
practices include: the illegal downloading and streaming of copyright material; the
unlicensed use and re-use of authors' works; collective authorship and 'transformative'
practices such as fan fiction; works created by AI; and author-as-algorithm artworks.
To broaden the scope of authorship, this book discusses not only the literary author
but also the filmmaker, composer, songwriter, choreographer, visual artist, designer:
all creators of original works protected by copyright. In the internet age, all that
is solid melts into data; this book considers whether the author itself will melt
away, or survive in altered form."
Sujet(s) : Auteur (esthétique)
Création (esthétique)
Droit d'auteur -- Internet
Indice(s) Dewey :
801.93 (23e éd.) = Littérature - Esthétique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781487541347. - ISBN 1487541341 (rel.). - ISBN 9781487546120. - ISBN 1487546122
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb473409786
Notice n° :
FRBNF47340978
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)