Roland Barthes was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic and semiotician. His 1957 essay collection Mythologies offered reflections on popular culture, and his essay The Death of the Author critiqued traditional approaches to literary criticism by displacing the author as the source of a texts meaning. He was a central figure in the development of structuralism, semiotics and post-structuralism, analyzing sign systems drawn mainly from Western popular culture, and his theoretical frameworks influenced multiple later schools of literary and cultural theory.
Facts
Tradition
Tradition (category)Structuralism / Post-structuralism 2 Connections
In Branch
Source Roland Barthes - Wikipedia
In Tradition
In the Other Atlases
Nationality
Also in History Atlas: the nationality of this subject.
Originated In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.
Source Roland Barthes - WikipediaLead sentence 1Quote, Lead sentence 1
Roland Gérard Barthes (; French: [ʁɔlɑ̃ baʁt]; 12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician.
Sources
1. Roland Barthes - Wikipedia
Early life
Roland Barthes was born on 12 November 1915 in the town of Cherbourg in Normandy.
Early life, second reading
Roland Barthes was born on 12 November 1915 in the town of Cherbourg in Normandy.
Death
On 26 March, he died of pulmonary complications resulting from the traffic accident.
Lead section, nationality sentence
Roland Gérard Barthes (; French: [ʁɔlɑ̃ baʁt]; 12 November 1915-26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician.
In Branch: Philosophy of Literature, Infobox: main_interests
Semiotics (literary semiotics, semiotics of photography, comics semiotics, literary theory), narratology, linguistics
In Group: Continental And Phenomenological Philosophy Of Language, Infobox: school_tradition
Continental philosophy Structuralism Semiotics Post-structuralism
View the Source2. Wikidata: Roland Barthes
- Wikidata Q179109, class allow-list match, case-insensitive label variant (w-bbfill-smallsix2-0926/resolve_ci.ps1)
- Wikidata Q179109 (w-bbfill-smallsix2-0926/propfill_year.ps1)
- Wikidata Q179109, P135,P737 (w-bbfill-smallsix3-0926)
View the SourceReader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.