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Informationen zum Autor Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician whose work has been central to the delineation and development of numerous schools of theory, including structuralism, semiotics, existentialism, social theory, Marxism, anthropology, and post-structuralism. His books include The Preparation of the Novel: Lecture Courses and Seminars at the Collège de France (1978-1979 and 1979-1980) ; The Neutral: Lecture Course at the College de France (1977-1978) ; Mythologies ; S/Z ; A Lover's Discourse ; and Camera Lucida . Kate Briggs is the translator of Roland Barthes's The Preparation of the Novel: Lecture Courses and Seminars at the College de France (1978-1979 and 1979-1980) . Klappentext In The Preparation of the Novel, a collection of lectures delivered at a defining moment in Roland Barthes¿s career (and completed just weeks before his death), the critic spoke of his struggle to discover a different way of writing and a new approach to life. The Neutral preceded this work, containing Barthes¿s challenge to the classic oppositions of Western thought and his effort to establish new pathways of meaning. How to Live Together predates both achievements, a series of lectures exploring solitude and the degree of contact necessary for individuals to exist and create at their own pace. A distinct project that sets the tone for his subsequent lectures, How to Live Together is a key introduction to Barthes¿s pedagogical methods and critical worldview. Barthes focuses on the concept of ¿idiorrhythmy,¿ a productive form of living together in which one recognizes and respects the individual rhythms of the other. He explores this phenomenon in five texts representing different living spaces and their associated ways of life: Émile Zola¿s Pot-Bouille; Thomas Mann¿s The Magic Mountain; André Gide¿s La Séquestrée de Poitiers; Daniel Defoe¿s Robinson Crusoe; and Pallidius¿s Lausiac History. Zusammenfassung "Notes for a lecture course and seminar at Collaege de France (1976-1977)"-- T.p Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface Translator's Preface Session of January 12 INTRODUCTION Method? (Method. Culture) – Fantasy – My fantasy: idiorrhythmy – Monarchism Session of January 19 INTRODUCTION (continued) Works – Greek network – Traits AKÈDIA / AKEDIA Session of January 26 ANACHÔRÈSIS / ANACHORESIS Historically – Metaphorically ANIMAUX / ANIMALS 1. Robinson Crusoe (Phases. History) – 2. Anachorites ATHOS / ATHOS History – Space Session of February 2 ATHOS / ATHOS (continued) Way of Life – Ownership – Power AUTARCHIE / AUTARKY BANC / SCHOOL BÉGUINAGES / BEGUINAGES History – Space – Way of Life – Socio-Economics – Power – Conclusion Session of February 9 BUREAUCRATIE / BUREAUCRACY CAUSE / CAUSE Christianity – Other sorts of Telos – Bion – Homeostasis CHAMBRE / ROOM 1. The total space Session of February 16 CHAMBRE / ROOM (continued) 2. The room becomes isolated within the house – 3. The room loses its association with the couple ? Cella – The Magnificenza CHEF / CHIEF Session of March 2 CLÔTURE / ENCLOSURE Functions (Protection. Definition) – Extreme-experience COLONIE D'ANACHORÈTES / COLONY OF ANACHORITES 1. Qumran sect – 2. Monks of Nitria – 3. Carthusians – 4. The Solitaires of Port-Royal Session of March 9 COUPLAGE / PAIRING 1. Principle of pairing – 2. Two examples of strong pairing (Lausaic History DISTANCE / DISTANCE DOMESTIQUES / SERVANTS 1. Need = Desire – 2. Need ? Desire Session of March 16 ÉCOUTE / HEARING Territory and hearing – Repression and hearing ÉPONGE / SPONGE ÉVÉNEMENT / EVENT FLEURS / FLOWERS IDYLLIQUE / IDYLL Session of March 23 MARGINALITÉS / MARGINALITIES First margin: coenobitism – Second margin: idiorrhythmy
