S/Z

ISBN-13: 9780631176077 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 284 str.

Roland Barthes

Opis

S/Z is the linguistic distillation of Barthes's system of semiology, a science of signs and symbols, in which a Balzac novella, Sarrasine, is dissected semantically in order to uncover layers of unsuspected meanings and connotations. In the process, Barthes reveals the immeasurably fecund nature of language. His interpretation of language and meaning within the structuralist mode offers an altogether new and exciting vision of ageworn ideas, and stands, in 20th century thought, alongside Levi-Strauss's work in anthropology.

Recenzje

"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 ′literary criticism′, and how important Barthes′s own contribution to redefinition of the field has been." ( The New York Times Book Review)

Spis treści

Preface.

S/Z Appendices.

1. Sarrasine, by Honoré de Balzac.

2. Sequence of Actions.

3. Summary of Contents.

4. Key.

O autorze

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 Récherche Scientifique, where he devoted himself to research in sociology and lexicology. He was a professor at the Collège de France until his death in 1980.

Blurb

S/Z is the linguistic distillation of Barthes′s system of semiology, a science of signs and symbols, in which a Balzac novella, Sarrasine, is dissected semantically in order to uncover layers of unsuspected meanings and connotations. In the process, Barthes reveals the immeasurably fecund nature of language. His interpretation of language and meaning within the structuralist mode is a classic work of semiotic theory, profoundly influential on a generation of Anglo–American theorists. It stands, in twentieth–century thought, alongside Levi–Strauss′s work in anthropology.