An Authors Functions

The author function is a the characteristics of which an author is known for or as Foucault states “[the] characteristic of the mode of existence, circulation, and functioning of certain discourses within society.” (p108) Text always has signs that would remind us of the author and relate the text to the author while still being able to separate themselves from the writing itself. Though I have no read much of Casino Royal yet (I’m only on chapter 3) I have read the authors biography and I can see “signs” that can relate the Fleming to the text without him actually being in the novel himself. When he describes information about his missions he shows his experience as a commander in the Navel Intelligence unit at Admiralty. Another way this is demonstrated is not through the text of this particular book but by the fact that Fleming was able to have the same character (James Bond) as the base for ten books.
This is demonstrated in Dracula once we discovered that his mother was a feminist we understood why Bram Stoker portrayed Mina as such a strong women. He understood this from his life and personal relationship with his mother.