Fate of "Author" ——On "Author" in Bakhtin-s Aesthetics

There exists a striking difference between Bakhtin-s early and late v iews on "author". In terms of the position of "author", Bakhtin switches fro m an authorative perspective to an empathetic one. In terms of the significanc e of "author", Bakhtin shifts his conception of "author" from creating tensi on by opposing his values to literature formalism to creating pure formalism. I n this process of change, "author" frees himself from an authority omniscient in everything, and simultaneously brings himself to the verge of death which ari ses from Bakhtin-s reconciliation of two extreme views of subject.