Instead of asking: what is the position of a work vis-à-vis the social production relations of its time, does it underwrite these relations, is it reactionary, or does it aspire to overthrow them, is it revolutionary? ... I should like to ask: what is its position within them? This question concerns the function of a work within the literary production relations of its time. In other words, it is directly concerned with literary technique

(Benjamin 87)

The crucial point, therefore is that a writer's production must have the character of a model: it must be able to instruct other writers in their production and secondly, it must be able to place an improved apparatus at their disposal. This apparatus will be better the more consumers it brings in contact with the production process - in short, the more readers or spectators it turns into collaborators."

(Benjamin 98)