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The author`s role in the 21st century

septiembre 28th, 2009 · No hay Comentarios

If we analize the role of the author during these centuries we will find out huge differences.

Before the 18th century, the author had not importance because the stories were transmitted orally. Therefore, there was not only one author because the stories changed by the word of mouth.

In the 18th century, the author was not important. He only had the main idea and wrote the original piece. Then, the ones who made the copies were the monks, it was a hard and long work. The author had not royalties.

A little later, in the 20th century, the importance of the author increased. He had royalties and was the owner of his work. The contact between the author and the reader was minimun. The author only had the reference of the reception of his creation.

Nowadays, with the Internet and the creation of the hypertext, the author has lost his mastery of the piece. When they post they work on the Internet, everyone can have access to it and of course, manipulate. It is clear that for doing this, you should have some knowledge in computers.

To sum up, I will say that the importance of the author has declined, in the past he was the owner of his work and he could do what he wanted with it, but now, with the creation of the hypertext and the Internet, we are in the presence of an active relation between the writer and the reader, because the reader can be the writer too.

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