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Writing Degree Zero

Roland Barthes

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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 his 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.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:: 1990

Publisher:

Edition:: Reissue

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0374521395

ISBN13:: 9780374521394

kindle Asin:: 0374521395

Writing Degree Zero

Roland Barthes

3.88/5 (1149 ratings)

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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 his 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.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:: 1990

Publisher:

Edition:: Reissue

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0374521395

ISBN13:: 9780374521394

kindle Asin:: 0374521395

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