English & Literature

Death of the Author by Barthes

who is disguised as a woman?

Asked by Amira1 on 12 Nov 09:02

Last updated by Jill W on 12 May 14:22

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Answered by Jill W on 12 May 14:22

A "castrato" is disguised as a woman.

In his story Sarrasine Balzac, describing a castrato disguised as a woman, writes the ·following sentence: 'This was woman herself, with her sudden fears, her irrational whims, her instinctive worries, her impetuous boldness, her fussings,
and her delicious sensibility.'

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Death of the Author