All ROLAND BARTHES Quotes about “Literature”

“Literature is the question minus the answer.”
“Literature is the question minus the answer.”
“Death of the Father would deprive literature of many of its pleasures. If there is no longer a Father, why tell stories? Doesn't every narrative lead back to Oedipus? Isn't storytelling always a way of searching for one's origin, speaking one's conflicts with the Law, entering into the dialectic of tenderness and hatred?”
“Death of the Father would deprive literature of many of its pleasures. If there is no longer a Father, why tell stories? Doesn't every narrative lead back to Oedipus? Isn't storytelling always a way of searching for one's origin, speaking one's conflicts with the Law, entering into the dialectic of tenderness and hatred?”
“Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.”
“Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.”
“Literature is that which he can not read without pain, without choking on truth.”
“Literature is that which he can not read without pain, without choking on truth.”
“Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die.”
“Literature is like phosphorus: it shines with its maximum brilliance and the moment when it attempts to die.”

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