Roland Barthes

Author:   Michael Moriarty (Queen Mary and Westfield College)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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Pages:   255
Publication Date:   28 November 1991
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Michael Moriarty (Queen Mary and Westfield College)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Polity Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.397kg
ISBN:  

9780745604565


ISBN 10:   0745604560
Pages:   255
Publication Date:   28 November 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface ix A Note on References x Abbreviations xii Introduction 1 Part I Sign and Ideology 15 1 Myths 19 2 Writing and Responsibility 31 3 Barthes on Theatre 44 Part II The Structuralist Activity 53 4 Literary Structuralism I: The Ethnography of Tragedy 59 5 'A Little Scientific Delirium': Barthes as Semiologist 73 6 Literary Structuralism II: Narrative Analysis 91 Part III Beyond the Sign 103 7 The Post-Structural Analysis of Narrative 117 8 Text and its Pleasures 143 Part IV Late Barthes 155 9 Affirming the Imaginary 169 10 The Body 186 11 Image and Real 195 Biographical Appendix 209 Notes 211 Bibliography 241 Index 249

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a Moriartya s considerable achievement in this book is to provide a sustained focus on the forms and functions of the politics of Barthesa s writing ... Moriartya s account will guide and illuminate the readings of newcomers to his work as well as enhancing and enriching the rereadings of those who already know Barthes.a Ann Jefferson, New College, Oxford a A lucid and detailed account of the range of Barthesa s work.a French Studies a Michael Moriartya s study is, I believe, excellent news for the undergraduate interested in Barthes. Though not specifically on literary theory, it will prove to be a comprehensive account of Barthesa importance to this discipline.a Modern and Contemporary France


'Moriarty's considerable achievement in this book is to provide a sustained focus on the forms and functions of the politics of Barthes's writing ... Moriarty's account will guide and illuminate the readings of newcomers to his work as well as enhancing and enriching the rereadings of those who already know Barthes.' Ann Jefferson, New College, Oxford 'A lucid and detailed account of the range of Barthes's work.' French Studies 'Michael Moriarty's study is, I believe, excellent news for the undergraduate interested in Barthes. Though not specifically on literary theory, it will prove to be a comprehensive account of Barthes' importance to this discipline.' Modern and Contemporary France


'Moriarty's considerable achievement in this book is to provide a sustained focus on the forms and functions of the politics of Barthes's writing ... Moriarty's account will guide and illuminate the readings of newcomers to his work as well as enhancing and enriching the rereadings of those who already know Barthes.' Ann Jefferson, New College, Oxford 'A lucid and detailed account of the range of Barthes's work.' French Studies 'Michael Moriarty's study is, I believe, excellent news for the undergraduate interested in Barthes. Though not specifically on literary theory, it will prove to be a comprehensive account of Barthes' importance to this discipline.' Modern and Contemporary France


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Michael Moriarty is also the author of Taste and Ideology in Seventeenth-Century France, (Cambridge University Press, 1988).

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