Writing Degree Zero - Brossura

Barthes, Roland

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0374532354 ISBN 13: 9780374532352

Casa editrice: Hill & Wang Pub, 2012

Riassunto

Is there any such thing as revolutionary literature? Can literature, in fact, be political at all? These are the questions Roland Barthes addresses in Writing Degree Zero, his first published book and a landmark in his oeuvre. The debate had engaged the European literary community since the 1930s; with this fierce manifesto, Barthes challenged the notion of literature's obligation to be socially committed. Yes, Barthes allows, the writer has a political and ethical responsibility. But the history of French literature shows that the writer has often failed to meet it—and from Barthes's perspective, literature is committed to little more than the myth of itself. Expert and uncompromising, Writing Degree Zero introduced the themes that would soon establish Barthes as one of the leading voices in literary criticism.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a French cultural and literary critic, whose clever and lyrical writings on semiotics made structuralism one of the leading movements of the twentieth century. Barthes had a cult following and published seventeen books, including Camera Lucida, Mythologies, and A Lover's Discourse.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Hill & Wang Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0374532354
• ISBN 13: 9780374532352
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 88
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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