Roland Barthes- French semiotician, literary theorist and philosopher.
Writing Degree Zero: Following the theory that experimental writing as well as established styles of writing were not original, Barthes set out to define what is truly original and unique style of writing/ ecriture which he defines as Writing Degree Zero- which has no embellishments, as the writing in The Stranger by Albert Camus. He also stated that any form of writing faces the threat of being a conventional style after the writing is published or open to the public.
Death of the Author: Barthes declared 'the death of the author' stating that the general notion of assuming ultimate authorial authority or the author's intended meaning of a piece of text as final is over. The meaning of a piece of writing lies with the reader, it is no more in the hands of the author.
Camera Lucida: is his work on photography, touching upon various concepts of photography as well as serving as a touching dedication to his mother after her death. He wrote this remembering a photograph of his mother that he had seen year's back. He stresses that in photography, the given image exhibits a stat of 'having been there'. The image really did exist and it was not concocted by the photographer's imagination. This is the most important difference between photography and most other arts.
Barthes has written about music, fashion, semiotics, mythology and many other such varied topics.
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