S/Z

S/Z

by RolandBarthes (Author), Roland Barthes (Author)

Synopsis

S/Z is the linguistic distillation of Barthesa s system of semiology, a science of signs and symbols, in which Balzaca s novella, Sarrasine, is dissected semantically to uncover layers of hidden meaning.

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Format: paperback
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published:

ISBN 10: 0631176071
ISBN 13: 9780631176077

Media Reviews
Taken together, The Pleasure of the Text and S/Z force us to notice how much of the most interesting thought today is being carried forward in what we used to call a literary criticisma , and how important Barthesa s own contribution to redefinition of the field has been. (The New York Times Book Review)
Author Bio
Roland Barthes was born in 1915 and studied French literature and classics at the University of Paris. After teaching French at universities in Romania and Egypt, he joined the Centre Nationale de Recherche Scientifique, where he devoted himself to research in sociology and lexicology. He was a professor at the College de France until his death in 1980.