Roland Gérard Barthes (born on 12 November 1915 in the town of Cherbourg in Normandy) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic, and semiotician. Barthes' ideas explored a diverse range of fields and he influenced the development of schools of theory including structuralism, semiotics, social theory, anthropology and post-structuralism.Roland Gérard Barthes (born on 12 November 1915 in the town of Cherbourg in Normandy) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic, and semiotician. Barthes' ideas explored a diverse range of fields and he influenced the development of schools of theory including structuralism, semiotics, social theory, anthropology and post-structuralism....more