Du plaisir du texte à l'utilité de la littérature

In my article I propose to go back to Barthes and in particular to Le Plaisir du Texte (1973), which signals an epistemological turn towards post-structuralism in his work. Barthes emphasizes the impact of the text’s formal/aural features and the digressions (dérives) these features enable; he insis...

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Main Author: Isabel Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Portugaise d'Etudes Françaises 2016-01-01
Series:Carnets
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/carnets/693
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Summary:In my article I propose to go back to Barthes and in particular to Le Plaisir du Texte (1973), which signals an epistemological turn towards post-structuralism in his work. Barthes emphasizes the impact of the text’s formal/aural features and the digressions (dérives) these features enable; he insists also on his anti-system standing against academy and institutionalised criticism. I associate his approaches to literature with recent positions in the English-speaking world, namely by M. H. Abrams (2012) and Rita Felski (2008). In different ways both authors call attention to the power(s) of the literary text and its reading. I conclude with a few words on our interdisciplinary project in Narrative Medicine, which will be placed under the aegis of Roland Barthes.
ISSN:1646-7698