Writing
Roland Barthes
- Born
- Nov 12, 1915 · Aged 64
- Died
- Mar 26, 1980
- Place of birth
- Cherbourg, Manche, France
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 4
- TV credits
- 1
Biography
Roland Gérard Barthes (12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. His work engaged in the analysis of a variety of sign systems, mainly derived from Western popular culture. His ideas explored a diverse range of fields and influenced the development of many schools of theory, including structuralism, anthropology, literary theory, and post-structuralism. Barthes is perhaps best known for his 1957 essay collection Mythologies, which contained reflections on popular culture, and 1967 essay "The Death of the Author," which…
