critical reading

“Death of the author” doesn’t negate the need for critical readings and re-readings

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief When I was in fourth grade I had to do a presentation on “my hero,” which is a pretty standard assignment for a kid’s first foray into PowerPoint. I picked J.K. Rowling, who was my absolute favourite author. Later, when professors first noticed that I was a strong and avid writer, the greatest compliment they could give me was throwing her name in my general direction.  If I had one of Rowling’s time-traveling time turners in hand, I would go back and tell fourth grade me two things: You’re gay (this matters in general, but for this…

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