''Writer Sollers'' (French: ''Sollers écrivain'') is a short book published in 1979 by the French literary critic
Roland Barthes
Roland Gérard Barthes (; ; 12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic, and semiotician. His work engaged in the analysis of a variety of sign systems, mainly derived from Western popular ...
. In his discussion of the controversial French writer
Philippe Sollers
Philippe Sollers (; born Philippe Joyaux; 28 November 1936) is a French writer and critic. In 1960 he founded the ''avant garde'' literary journal ''Tel Quel'' (along with writer and art critic Marcelin Pleynet), which was published by Le Se ...
, Barthes raises critical issues of central importance such as the nature of narrative, the theory of language, the problems of traditional realism and the relationship between literature and politics.
1979 non-fiction books
Books by Roland Barthes
French literary criticism
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