S/Z (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Roland Barthes
- First Published: 1970
- Type of Work: Literary criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction
- Subjects: Culture, Language or languages, Philosophy or philosophers, Literature, Communication, Linguistics or linguists, Writing, Semiotics
Form and Content
By 1970, when S/Z first appeared, Roland Barthes had already established his reputation in France as the most influential formulator and advocate of the philosophical approach to literature, film, myth, and other cultural artifacts known as structuralism. Yet, in spite of the publication of several theoretical pieces by Barthes, anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, and others, which explored the implications of structuralism and its usefulness for understanding myth and popular culture, the approach still lacked a full-scale practical application...
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