[Aliantha]

I think there's a difference between analysing a text from a particular perspective, and trying to figure out what the author was actually saying.

Sure you can read a text and get the general gist and create meaning for yourself, but it might not be what the author intended. That's the benefit of being able to look at a text from different perspectives. It helps you understand why different people create different meaning and yes, the same people think differently at different times.

Although you may consider that books and other forms of traditional text are static, they're not.

They develop new meaning constantly.