Abstract: By examining the status of the author from the age of Aristotle to Renaissance， to modern and to postmodern ages， this paper suggests that the author as the objective reality in Aristotles Realism has been converted into the one with self-consciousness as a hypothetical being， which in turn is hidden under the text， exiled by the New Critics and finally exterminated by Roland Barthes. Whereas the author， whose authority has been challenged， departs from the center to the margin and finally to the death， the readers position keeps rising and the autonomy of the text gradually shows up. Eventually， the text casts off restrictions and marches to joy. The duplex movement reveals the tendency of decentralization and deconstruction of authority subversion as well as the popularization of artistic aesthetics.

Key words: author, text, literature, relationship