num_pages: 271
description: S/Z is the linguistic distillation of Barthes's system of semiology, a science of signs and symbols, in which Balzac novella, Sarrasine, is dissected semantically to uncover layers of unsuspected meanings and connotations. In the process, Barthes reveals the immeasurably fecund nature of language. His interpretation of language and meaning within the structuralist mode is a classic work of semiotic theory, profoundly influential on a generation of Anglo-American theorists. It stands, in twentieth-century thought, alongside Lévi-Strauss's pioneer work in anthropology.
language: English
title: S/Z
titlecomplete: S/Z
genres: Theory, France, Academic, Philosophy, Semiotics, Nonfiction, Language, Essays, Criticism, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 3753
publisher: Blackwell