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Gérard Raymond Genette was a French literary critic, university teacher, literary historian, and opinion journalist. Born in the 20th arrondissement of Paris in 1930, he was educated at Lycée Lakanal and the École Normale Supérieure. He studied under Jean-Toussaint Desanti and was influenced by Roland Barthes. Genette worked at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and the École pratique des hautes études. His fields of work included French literature, literary theory, and literature.
Genette was a member of the French Communist Party and the group Socialisme ou Barbarie. He was associated with the movements of structural anthropology and narratology. His doctoral student was Camilla Cederna. He wrote 63 works, including *Paratexts*, *Madkhal li-jāmiʻ al-naṣṣ*, *Khiṭāb al-ḥikāyah*, *Pensée de Rousseau*, and *Postscript*. He died in Ivry-sur-Seine in 2018.
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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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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 20th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- Ivry-sur-Seine
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Educated at
- Lycée Lakanal
- Political party
- French Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Jean-Toussaint Desanti
- Field of work
- literature
- Movement
- narratology
- Image
- Gérard Genette.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1930-06-07
- name in native language
- Gérard Genette
- date of death
- 2018-05-11
- member of
- Socialisme ou Barbarie
- birth name
- Gérard Raymond Genette
- influenced by
- Roland Barthes
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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.
Life
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