Barthesian

Barthesian

English

Etymology

Calque of French barthésien or Barthes +‎ -ian.

Adjective

Barthesian (comparative more Barthesian, superlative most Barthesian)

1. Of or relating to Roland Barthes (1915–1980), French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic, and semiotician who influenced the development of schools of theory including structuralism, semiotics, social theory, anthropology and poststructuralism.

Translations

of or relating to Roland Barthes

French: barthésien m

Noun

Barthesian (plural Barthesians)

1. A proponent of the theories of Roland Barthes.
   • 2000, Roger D. Sell, Literature as Communication (page 93)

     At their most de-humanizing, the Barthesians see authors as repeating something that has been done before, so that they are rather characterless.