University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition
Eric R. J. Hayot
professor of comparative literature and Asian studies
Book Title
S/Z
Book Description
I read S/Z for this first time as a college senior. The sophistication and intensity of Barthes' thought and his prose, the sheer commitment to the working through of a difficult and almost absurdly ambitious idea, remains a model for me of the combination of joy, violence, beauty, and determination that are required to write good literary criticism.
Year
2010