Roland Barthes Philosopher

Roland Gérard Barthes (/bɑrt/; French: [ʁɔlɑ̃ baʁt]; 12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic, and semiotician. Barthes' ideas explored a diverse range of fields and he influenced the development of schools of theory including structuralism, semiotics, social theory, designtheory, anthropology and post-structuralism.

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Birth date	November 12, 1915
Birth place	Cherbourg-Octeville , France
Date of death	March 26, 1980
Place of death	Paris , France
Era	20th-century philosophy
Main interest	Semiotics Literary theory Linguistics

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influenced	Michel Foucault
influenced by	Ferdinand de Saussure
notable idea	Writing Degree Zero
philosophical school	Post-structuralism Semiotics Structuralism
region	Western philosophy