Writing Degree Zero - Roland Barthes - Books - Farrar, Straus and Giroux - 9780374532352 - March 13, 2012
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Is there any such thing as revolutionary literature? Can literature, in fact, be political at all? These are the questions Roland Barthes addresses in Writing Degree Zero, his first published book and a landmark in his oeuvre. The debate had engaged the European literary community since the 1930s; with this fierce manifesto, Barthes challenged the notion of literature?s obligation to be socially committed. Yes, Barthes allows, the writer has a political and ethical responsibility. But the history of French literature shows that the writer has often failed to meet it?and from Barthes?s perspective, literature is committed to little more than the myth of itself. Expert and uncompromising, Writing Degree Zero introduced the themes that would soon establish Barthes as one of the leading voices in literary criticism.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 13, 2012
ISBN13 9780374532352
Publishers Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages 112
Dimensions 142 × 211 × 12 mm   ·   107 g
Language English  
Translator Lavers, Annette
Translator Smith, Colin

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