Famous Aesthetician: Roland Barthes

Dec 5, 2012, 17:00 IST

Roland Barthes was a French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic, and semiotician.

 

Born: 12 November 1915

Birthplace: Cherbourg

Died: 26 March 1980 (aged 64)

Deathplace: Paris

Era: 20th-century philosophy

Region: Western Philosophy

School: Structuralism, Semiotics, Post-structuralism

Main interests: Semiotics, Literary theory, Linguistics

Notable ideas: Death of the author, Writing degree zero

Name: Roland Barthes

Born: 12 November 1915

Birthplace: Cherbourg

Died: 26 March 1980 (aged 64)

Deathplace: Paris

Era: 20th-century philosophy

Region: Western Philosophy

School: Structuralism, Semiotics, Post-structuralism

Main interests: Semiotics, Literary theory, Linguistics

Notable ideas: Death of the author, Writing degree zero

 

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