S/Z - Softcover

Barthes, Roland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631176071 ISBN 13: 9780631176077

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Synopsis

S/Z is the linguistic distillation of Barthes's system of semiology, a science of signs and symbols, in which Balzac's novella, Sarrasine, is dissected semantically to uncover layers of hidden meaning.

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From the Back Cover:

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.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0631176071
• ISBN 13: 9780631176077
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 284