Roland Barthes

== Biography ==
Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a French philosopher, literary theorist, and critic. He taught in France, Romania, and Egypt while he wrote "Writing Degree Zero." In 1952, he started to study at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique sociology and lexicology. After writing numerous well-known essays, Barthes began traveling to lecture. In 1967, he wrote "The Death of the Author," and in 1977, he was elected to the chair of Semilogie Litteraire at the College de France.

'''Education'''
* Degree in Classical letters (1939) and Degree in Grammar and Philology (1943) from University of Paris

== Article Summaries ==

[[Barthes, Roland "Death of the Author"]]

== Additional Works/ Publications ==

==== Books ====
: [http://books.google.com/books?id=YHpanFeYSjwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=writing+degree+zero&hl=en&src=bmrr&ei=hxy_Tf7vFIe4tgeEh7HhBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CFoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Writing Degree Zero'']

: [http://books.google.com/books?id=TZ2ZOeDWHEQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+eiffel+tower+and+other+mythologies&hl=en&ei=thy_TaTINYK-tgfB0v3KBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Eiffel Tower and other Mythologies'']

: [http://books.google.com/books?id=ptzHQgAACAAJ&dq=on+racine&hl=en&src=bmrr&ei=3By_TZ7qOM2itgfMrbHiBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA ''On Racine'']

: [http://books.google.com/books?id=jvpwygq9i3UC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Roland+barthes&hl=en&ei=Gx2_TdilH8yltweDsqy0BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFcQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Fashion System'']

==== Articles/Essays ====

== Further Readings ==

[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/54319/Roland-Barthes Brittanica's entry on Roland Barthes]

== Other Scholarly Views ==

==== Agreement ====

Those authors that agree with Aristotle.

==== Opposition ====

Those authors that disagree with Aristotle.

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