Analytic Novel on Balzac’s Short Story (For Publishing Roland Barthes’ “S/Z” in Georgian Language)

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Key words: Roland Barthes’ “S/Z”, translation.

The author himself says the following words about this book: “Everything which is said here should be considered as words uttered by a novel character or to be more precise characters”. It is noteworthy that Roland Barthes criticizes the standpoint according to which priority is given to signifier rather than signified. In other words, he cannot get used to the dominance of content over the form. Therefore, he deconstructs this opposition (content and form) and tries to remove the limits that exist between them. By this book Roland Barthes, a French philosopher and literary theorist, started a new stage, in particular post-structuralism in his career which was preceded by deep interest towards structuralism.

In 2013 Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature in collaboration with National Book Centre of France published the Georgian translation of S/Z which was printed in Paris in 1970. The book was released within the frameworks of the Programme for Publishing Aid of French Institute; the book was translated by Nino Gagoshashvili, editors are Irma Ratiani, Gaga Lomidze, Irakli Kenchoshvili, book cover is designed by Revaz Mirianiashvili. From now on we can cite his well-known phrases, paradoxes from this book in Georgian.

Published in the journal Sjani, vol. 15 (2014), pp. 254–258. Open the paper