Life and Works of Roland Barthes - A.Famitha Banu
Roland Gerard Barthes, a French literary philosopher, influenced structuralism, semiotics, and anthropology. Born on November 12, 1915, in Cherbourg, France, Barthes had a diverse teaching career at various institutions and wrote seminal works like "Writing Degree Zero" and "S/Z." Struggling with health issues, he passed away at the age of 64. Explore the life, career, and impact of this influential thinker through the lens of A. Famitha Banu, an Associate Professor of English.
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A.FAMITHA BANU CRITICISM AS LANGUAGE CRITICISM AS LANGUAGE - -ROLAND ROLAND BARTHES BARTHES Prepared by A. FAMITHA BANU M.A., PGDCA, M.Phil., SET, NET Associate Professor of English Jamal Mohamed College (Autonomous) Trichy-20
A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU LIFE & WORKS OF ROLAND BARTHES Roland Gerard Barthes was a French literary philosopher. Known for influencing structuralism, semiotics and anthropology. Born on November 12, 1915, in Cherbourg, France. Son of Naval officer Louis Barthes ( Killed in a battle in the North Sea when Barthes was one year old). Then his mother, Henriette Barthes , moved the family to Bayonne.
A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU Roland Barthes taught at many schools, i. Biarritz, Bayonne and Paris ( 1939-46) CAREER ii. French Institute in Bucharest (1948-49) iii. University of Alexandria in Egypt( 1949-50) iv. Directorate General of Cultural Affairs (1950-52)
A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU v) National Centre for Scientific Research (1952- 59) CAREER Barthes came stateside to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore(1967- 68) and went on to act as a chair person of the literary semiology at the college of France, 1967-80)
A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU WRITING DEGREE ZERO (1953) WRITING DEGREE ZERO (1953) WORKS CRITICISM AND TRUTH (1966) CRITICISM AND TRUTH (1966) S/Z (1970) S/Z (1970) A LOVER S DISCOURSE (1977) A LOVER S DISCOURSE (1977)
A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU Barthes fell ill during his young adult years. He was unable to make close relationships, including with famed psychologist and writer JULIA KRISTEVA, of whom he once reportedly said She PERSONAL LIFE is the only person I m really in love with, the only woman who could make me change my sexuality He got injuries while he was hit by a vehicle. After a week he died in Paris on March 25, 1980 at the age of 64.
A.FAMITHA BANU CRITICISM AS LANGUAGE ROLAND BARTHES
A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU EXISTENTIALISM The appropriateness of the term is subject to discussion. It has produced Sartre s critical works, his studies of Bandelaire and Flanbert, his articles on Proust, Mauriac, Girandouse and Ponge and his outstanding book on Genet.
A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU MARXISM By providing mechanical explanation of works of literature and slogans rather than criteria of value, orthodox Marxism has become sterile. It would be difficult to imagine a more flexible and a creative form of criticism based on political and social history. The work of Lucien Gold man on Racine, Pascal, the New Novel , the avant-garde theatre and Marlause owes a much to Lukacs.
A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU PSYCHO-ANALYSIS Charles Mauron is the best representative of Freudian psycho-analysis. He has written on Racine and Mallarme. Here the activities of minor importance have proved more fruitful. Gaston Bachelard founded a critical school. He has started an analysis of substances rather than of works and traced the dynamic distortions of imagery in many poets. The present French criticism is called Bachelardian in inspiration.
A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU STRUCTURALISM The extremely simple term of structuralism is Formalism. In France, Claude Levi-Strauss brought it into the social sciences and philosophical reflection. It has produced very few critical works. They show the influence of the linguistic model worked out by de Saussure and elaborated by Roman Jakobson. In his earlier years Jakobson belonged to the critical movement Russian Formalist School . It would be possible to develop a variety of literary criticism on the basis of the two theoretical categories, metaphor and metonymy established by Jakobson.
A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU A.FAMITHA BANU REASONS FOR TENSION BETWEEN INTERPRETATIVE AND ACADEMIC CRITICISM 1. Lansonianism itself is an ideology. 2. It is not simply content to demand the applications of the objective rules of all scientific research. 3. It implies certain general convictions about man, history, Literature and the relationship between the author and his work.
