Semiotics-Loving-Women-Study On A Lover’s Discourse Of Roland Barthes

Roland Barthes, the most well-known French semiotician, a pioneer in structuralism and deconstruction, a famous literary critic, is a leading figure in the field of literary criticism and aesthetics. He thought hard in his whole life,to explore the peak realm and border of literature. From the extreme adventure in reading,writing and text, until to experiments of all kinds of ideal literature and aestheticism. Roland Barthes becomes a Quixote-like hero who” quests for the same thing without journey.”A Lover’s Discourse can be regarded as the most successful book, which gains good reputation from both readers and mass media. Barthes expresses his desire more than once: through the subtracting of the art in fiction and his works, what he looks forward is wiser readers and literature of more liberal qualities. Barthes’ s inclusiveness and innovativeness can be seen in this book, which is the vitality of fiction. It is trenchant and compelling. There is no doubt that A Lover’s Discourse is vivid illustration of his own thoughts on literature. Barthes persists in trying,discovering and reflecting, pursuing the real openness and happiness in literature.What he seeks is no longer deliverance of certain voice or manifest of specific willingness. Instead, he recreates literature. The bright future for literature lies in casting off restriction.This dissertation analyzes Roland Barthes’ s most well-received work, aiming to display his willing to question and his innovation as a precursor. From the perspective of his reform of literature and philosophical thinking consistently manifest in the text,the ideas about literature of a scholar who is never self-content can be better understood.