Roland Barthes (World Philosophers and Their Works)
Early Life
Roland Gérard Barthes was born into the heart of the French bourgeoisie of Cherbourg on November 12, 1915. His father died in a World War I battle in 1916, leaving the family in reduced circumstances, although his mother learned the trade of bookbinding and kept the household together. Roland’s early brilliance at the lycée pointed to a career in the high academic circles reserved for graduates of the École Normale Supérieure; however, he contracted tuberculosis in 1931 and was forced to attend a lesser institution, the Sorbonne. In 1937, he was declared...
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