Abstract
Starting with the study and analysis of the fragments written from 1972 to 1977 , and having as guidelines the publishing dates of Le plaisir du texte and Fragments d'un discours amoureux, this work intends to portray Barthes's fragment writing as engendering the politics of meaning. At first, it aims at historicizing the essayistic form recovered by Barthes. The study of the masterpieces…