Barthes, Roland(1915–1980)
Ronald Barthes was a French writer most widely known for declaring "the death of the author." It is ironic, then, in a way Barthes would surely apprecia...
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In 1976 Roland Barthes was appointed chair of literary semiology and elected to the Collège de France--the highest position in the French academic system. His lifelong pursuit of formally inter...
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