Quote by: Roland Barthes

To read is to struggle to name, to subject the sentences of a text to a semantic transformation. This transformation is erratic; it consists in hesitating among several names: if we are told that Sarrasine had ' '. what are we to read? etc.?


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Author Bio


  • NameRoland Barthes
  • DescriptionFrench philosopher, critic and literary theorist
  • BornNovember 12, 1915
  • DiedMarch 26, 1980
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Linguist; Literary Critic; Writer