Roland Barthes: The Figures of Writing - The Figures of Writing

Zusatztext The subject of this careful study is Roland Barthes as a writer. The figures of Writing counts amoung a growing number of books that take seriously Barthes labour as a critic, as a creative observer of culture, and as an artist...the treatment of the graphic character of writing, and the closely argued sections on framing, scribbling, silence, and trauma - stand as strong and enduring contributions. These parts of the book renew not only our appreciation of Barthes but also and especially our allegiance to art and literature. Zusammenfassung This study examines, through close reading of a wide range of texts, some of the ways Barthes viewed his own activity of writing. For him, writing was a highly figural activity - like a metaphor, what it conveyed set up a force-field of different meanings.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Brown
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.09.1992
• EAN: 9780198151715
• ISBN: 978-0-19-815171-5
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; French, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000