Briefly recounts the life of the French literary critic, discusses the main concepts of semiotics, and looks at Barthes' views on ideology, the theater, fashion, and politics
First published in 1977, Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes is the great literary theorist's most original work―a brilliant and playful text, gracefully combining the personal and the theoretical to...
This study of the writing of Roland Barthes breaks down the divide between lived experience and the language of a literary work. In The Barthes Fantastic, John Lurz explores the intersection of...