DEATH OF THE AUTHOR
- F. Vanlalrochana
Literary Theory leh criticism-ah mizote kan thang ve zel a. Kan lut thuk chho zel a. Chutih rual chuan, kan la zir thuk tawk loh avangte pawhin, kan ral khat hriat ruai ruai a. Darthlalang paw chuai kara thil hmu ang deuh hi kan la ni a. Hma kan sawn ve zel turah ngai ila.
Literary theory-a kan sawi tam tak hi, subject dang nen pawha inzulna nei a tam mai a. Thu leh hla lama inhmangte chu kan inchhiar zau ve sauh sauh pawh a tul anga. Thu leh hla lama ngaih dan kan hriat thar pakhat chu, a ngaihdan hi kum 50 vel lai khawvel hmun dangah chuan hre tawh mah sela, keini chuan kan hre ve tan dawn ek ek a, ‘Death of The Author’ tih hi a ni. A sawi tum hi kan man fuh tawk lohna te pawh a awm thinin ka hria a. Tawitein han sawi ve tum ila. Literary theory emaw, Criticism lam hrim hrim hi Mizo tawng hian kan ngah lo a. Mizo Tawnga sawi fiah thiam te pawh a har ve deuh bawk a. Han tum ve chhin reng reng ila.
Roland Barthes-a thuziakah chuan, “The Death of the Author” hi a lar ber hial mai thei a. Kum 1967-a a ziah kha a ni a. Thuziaka a ziaktu leh a chhiartu pawimawhna chungchang a chai a ni, ti ta ila, a tawi zawngin a khaikhawm theih mai awm e.
‘The Death of The Author’ essay bultanna paragraph hmasa pahnih hi a mizo tawngin han tarlang ila:
“Balzac-a khan, a thawnthu Sarrasine-ah khan, castrato hmeichhia anga in chei kha sawiin, Hemi thu hi a ziak a: ‘Hei chu amah nutling ngei kha a ni a, hotea a hlauh leh chiai chiamna te, chhan leh vang mumal awmloa a rilru a thlak thutna te, a mangan mai thinna te, thu hnu dawn lem loa thil a tawn pawp nate, thil tul em em lo a vei chiamnate, leh mi dang a ngaihsak thiam em emna te chu.’ Heta thusawitu hi tu ber nge? A thawnthua changtupa ber, castrato chu hmeichhia anga inchei a ni tih an la hrelo chhunzawm zel nge?
Nge, Amah Balzac a liau liau, hmeichhe finthuril a tawnhriatin a ngaihtuah chhuah tir? Nge, Balzac-a lehkha ziaktu, Hmeichhiatna/nu na chungchanga a ‘thu leh hla’ ngaihdan a tarlanna?Nge, mitin pawm tlan finna ve hrim hrim? Romantic psychology? A engahmah kan hre ngailo ang, a chhan chu, thu kan ziah hian, a bultantu aw hi kan thaichhe sa hrim hrim a ni. Thuziak chu, mual zawl, tu ta bik mah ni lo, thil chi hrang hrang awm khawmna, thil chiang beng bawng awm kher lohna, Thil dangin a nihna engkim a hloh a, thuziak chu thuziak a nih maina hmun a ni.”
A thuziak chhung thu ngei tawite kan han tarlan atang pawhin, a hawi zawng tur chu a hriat ruai ruai awm e.
Roland Barthes-a a sawi ber chu, thuziaktu khan ama thuziak chhung thu ( a phena thil a tarlan duh etc)-ah khan thuneihna tawp (sovereignty) a nei lo a, chu thuneihna tawp neitu chu thuziak lo chhiartu zawk kha a ni a, a lo chhiartuin kha thuziak a lo hriatthiam dan leh a hrilhfiah dan kha a pawimawh ber a ni tihna ni. Thuziak kan han chhiar hian, Barthes-a chuan, a ziaktu hian engemaw a sawi tum le tih hi kan ngaituah tur a ni lo a, khami thu khan engnge maw a sawi tum le? Tih kan inzawt zawk tur a ni a ti. Thuziakah hian, a phena thil inphum nei thu (Symbol) te a awm thin a, chutiang lo hriat fiah, hriatthiam hna chu a chhiartute mawhphurhna a ni. Thuziak hna (function) ber chu chhiar tur a nihna hi a ni a, chuvangin, a ziaktu leh a ziah dan boruak hi a pawimawh ber lo a ni, Barthes-a chuan a ti a ni.
“The death of the author” awmzia chu, Thuziak kan han chhiar emaw hla kan han ngaihthlak hian, khang thu leh hla tein a sawi tum, an awm zia kha a hma atanga lo inphum sa, kan zu lak chhuah emaw, zu hai chhuah mai tur lam emaw ni loin, kan han chhiar paha a awmzia leh a sawi tum kha kan chhar chhoh zel tur a ni, tihna a ni. Hla pawh a ngaithlatu a zirin, an rilruah a thawh dan a inang lo. Chu chu a phuahtu lam ngaihtuah miah loa an ngaihthlakin a ni. Thuziak tha thenkhat hi, a ziaktu hre miah loin chhiar ila, a ziaktu hriaa kan chhiar nen chuan keimahnia a thawh dan a inang dawn lo a ni. A ziaktu hian, engnge a sawi tum ang aw, tih lam hi chhut loin, a thuziak kha chhiar ngar ngar ila, khami thuziak kan zu chhiar atanga keimahnia a thawh dan leh kan hriatthiam dan, kan sawifiah dana kha a pawimawh lai chu a ni. Chu chu Barthes-a pawhin a sawi ber a ni.
Barthes-a hian death of the author-a han tih hian, a chhiartuin a duh ang ang awmzia a lo bel satliah tawp a phal sak lo a, lehkha kan han chhiar hian, keimahnia khami thu kha rilru lama kan lo ziah ve emaw, kan lo ziah that ve, kan lo ennawn ve kha a phut tel a ni.
Barthes-a “The Death of the Author” hi, Traditional literary criticism- a ziaktu sawitum, a awmze bul (original meaning) zawn nasat lutuk thinna a rawn beih/thiah/thelhna a ni. A essay paragraph hnuhung berah khan heti hian a ti a ni, “Classic criticism chuan, chhiartu hi a ngaihsak ngaih lo hrim hrim a, a ziaktu chauh hi Litetature-a mihring awm chhun a ni. ” Barthes-a hian, a ziaktu sawi tum (Author oriented approach) hriatna aiin, a thuziakin a sawi tum (text oriented approach) hriatna lama kan ngaihtuahna seng a, thuziak leh a chhiartu inkar en zawk turin min ti a ni. Hetiang a nih chuan, kha thuziak kha sawi fiah leh sawi zau kawngah kan zalen zawk daih dawn tihna a ni.
Sawi tur tam tak a awm nain, tawitein, hetiang zawng hian kan han sawi ta a ni e.