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Also known as Gerard Genette

French literary theorist (1930–2018)

Person · Open Library

Born
1930
Works
63

Top works

  • Paratexts
  • Madkhal li-jāmiʻ al-naṣṣ
  • Khiṭāb al-ḥikāyah
  • Pensée de Rousseau
  • Postscript

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Haiti

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Key facts

Born
( 1930-06-07 ) 7 June 1930, Paris, France
Died
11 May 2018 (2018-05-11) (aged 87), Ivry-sur-Seine , France
Alma mater
École Normale Supérieure , Paris IV (PhD, 1972)
Doctoral advisor
Marie-Jeanne Durry [ fr ]
Other advisor
Jean-Toussaint Desanti
School or tradition
Structuralism
Institutions
University of Paris , EPHE , EHESS , Yale University
Doctoral students
Monique Wittig

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Encyclopedic overview

Gérard Genette ( French: [ʒeʁaʁ ʒənɛt]; 7 June 1930 – 11 May 2018) was a French literary theorist, associated in particular with the structuralist movement and with figures such as Roland Barthes and Claude Lévi-Strauss, from whom he adapted the concept of bricolage.

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