▁society . ▁ ▁Liter ature ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁his ▁philosoph ical ▁work , ▁Fou ca ult ▁also ▁wrote ▁on ▁literature . ▁Death ▁and ▁the ▁Lab yr inth : ▁The ▁World ▁of ▁Raymond ▁R ous sel , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁and ▁translated ▁in ▁English ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 , ▁is ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁only ▁book - length ▁work ▁on ▁literature . ▁He ▁would ▁describe ▁it ▁as ▁" by ▁far ▁the ▁book ▁I ▁wrote ▁most ▁easily , ▁with ▁the ▁greatest ▁pleasure , ▁and ▁most ▁rapidly ." ▁Fou ca ult ▁expl ores ▁theory , ▁criticism , ▁and ▁psych ology ▁with ▁reference ▁to ▁the ▁texts ▁of ▁Raymond ▁R ous sel , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁notable ▁experimental ▁writers . ▁Fou ca ult ▁also ▁gave ▁a ▁lecture ▁respond ing ▁to ▁Roland ▁Bar thes ' ▁famous ▁ess ay ▁" The ▁Death ▁of ▁the ▁Author " ▁entitled ▁" What ▁Is ▁An ▁Author ?" ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁later ▁published ▁in ▁full . ▁According ▁to ▁literary ▁the or etic ian ▁K orn elij e ▁K vas , ▁for ▁Fou ca ult , ▁" den ying ▁the ▁existence ▁of ▁a ▁historical ▁author ▁on ▁account ▁of ▁his / ▁her ▁irre lev ance ▁for ▁interpretation ▁is ▁abs urd , ▁for ▁the ▁author ▁is ▁a ▁function ▁of ▁the ▁text ▁that ▁organ izes ▁its ▁sense ." ▁ ▁Theory ▁of ▁Power ▁ ▁Fou ca ult ' s ▁analysis ▁of ▁power ▁comes ▁in ▁two ▁forms : ▁empir ical ▁and ▁theoretical . ▁The ▁empir ical ▁anal ys es